"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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> In article <ZW50f.17701$mH.2349@fed1read07>, "Nexis" >
> wrote:
>
>> "Keith" > wrote in message
>> news:Ec10f.260066$9A2.436@edtnps89...
>> > Hi!
>> >
>> > I came across a particular chocolate truffle that I'd love to make at
>> > home. It appears to be just a standard chocolate truffle but it's
>> > rolled
>> > in some kind of sugar that I can't determine the type. The sugar is a
>> > deep pink color and has a tart/sweet flavor which complements the
>> > truffle
>> > exceptionally well. The place I found it calls the truffle a "Berry
>> > Quartet Truffle". Any ideas on what this sugar is?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance!
>> >
>>
>> Kind of hard to say what it may be....but, when I made raspberry truffles
>> last Christmas, I found some freeze dried raspberries that I crushed into
>> powder and mixed with sanding sugar and then rolled the truffles in that.
>> It's delicious, with the tartness of the raspberries and the sweetness of
>> the sugar. It sounds similar to what you had.
>>
>> kimberly
>
> What is sanding sugar?
> It sounds interesting.
> --
> Om.

It's the larger crystal sugar that you often see on pastries and such. I
like it for candies, especially ones I make for the Christmas season,
because gives a beautiful sparkling appearance and it's a nice little crunch
texture.

kimberly