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Mushroom truffles by Nuno Mendes

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• Petit four
• easy
• makes 25
• 2 hours

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00

A sweet and savoury petit four recipe from Nuno Mendes where the bitter sweetness of the chocolate is matched by the umami smoothness of the porcini mushrooms. Serve these mushroom truffles at a party or large gathering.

First published in 2015 discover more:

• Cep Recipes
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Ingredients

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• 25g of dried ceps
• 500ml of double cream
• 500g of white chocolate
• 200g of 70% dark chocolate
• 1 pinch of cocoa powder, for dusting
• sea salt

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Equipment

• Parisian scoop / melon baller
• Thermometer

Method

1Bring the ceps and double cream to a boil in a large saucepan. Add to the chopped white chocolate and stir until melted. Allow to cool and then pass the liquid through a fine sieve

• 25g of dried ceps
• 500ml of double cream

2Spread the mixture evenly on a tray and place in the fridge until it has set. Use a Parisian scoop to make small cep cream balls. Chill until needed3Temper the chocolate by melting two-thirds of it in a saucepan at 58°C. Once melted, add the remaining third. The temperature should have dropped to 23°C. Heat gradually until the temperature reaches 32°C

• 500g of white chocolate
• 200g of 70% dark chocolate

4Dip the cep cream balls in the chocolate coating, allow the excess to drip off, then roll in the cocoa powder

• 1 pinch of cocoa powder

5Place one small dot of melted chocolate on each truffle to secure a flake of sea salt

• sea salt

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Nuno Mendes

For a chef, having mentors like Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Ferran Adrià must be akin to taking music classes with Chopin and Brahms. Nuno Mendes' London restaurant demonstrates the qualities of ambition that most good protégés possess.

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