Chocolate Truffle Bars – Act One Art

Chocolate Truffle Bars – Act One Art

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Chocolate truffle bars are deceptively simple to make. Rich chocolate ganache tops a chocolate shortbread crust. Cut these into bars for a decadent dessert or into tiny squares and served as candy....

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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 7/8 cup (3/4 cup+ 2 tablespoons) confectioner's sugar
  • 3/8 cup (1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons) unsweetened Dutch Process cocoa
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 12 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
  • 2/3 cup heavy cream
  • 3 tablespoons Kirsch (for cherry bars)
  • 3 tablespoons Grand Marnier (for orange bars)
  • 3 tablespoons Chambord (for raspberry bars)
  • 1/4 cup candied orange peel for orange bars
  • 1/4 - 1/2 cup dried sour cherries macerated in cherry liqueur (or sour cherry juice) and chopped after maceration for the cherry bars
  • 1/4 - 1/2 cup raspberry jam for the raspberry bars

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