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Default 2013 new Christmas Candy: Bacon Maple Truffles!

On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 8:55:40 PM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 18:14:00 -0600, John Kuthe >
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> >Two years ago, I experimented with chocolate covered bacon:

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> >http://oi52.tinypic.com/2edb4f6.jpg

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> >4 of my 6 test strips didn't last the day! YUM!!!

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> >So this year I'm making Bacon Maple Truffles!

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> >3# chopped dark chocolate

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> >1.5 lbs bacon, fried crispy, drained and crumbled

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> >1 cup 40% cream

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> >1/2 cup maple syrup

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> >May need more cream or maple(?) as the ganache was very stiff. Not

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> >easily pourable like pure chocolate ganache. Mixed the cream, maple

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> >syrup and crumbled bacon and brought to a boil, just, then dumped in

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> >the chocolate and stirred stirred stirred. Much thicker than a pure

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> >chocolate+cream ganache, we'll see how it works out.

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> >Bacon is meat candy! :-)

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> >John Kuthe...

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> Well, one thiong I learned right away as the gamache set up, THIS
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> STUFF IS TOO STIFF TO WORK!
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> So I broke it up and put it in a bowl with 1/2 cup of cream and warmed
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> in the microwave. Mixed well and put in a tray to cool.
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> This should be workable.
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> John Kuthe...


Well, Johny (are you?) I think you can see how popular you are on here. One reply from somebody who's dumb as a rock. Kind of like your personal and professional life, no? Keep sucking that cock.