Truffes aux petits pois

By MarielC

Chocolate truffles with a secret ingredient. The web site I found it in says it's "healthy" but that's relative.

Ingredients

• 2-1/2 cups frozen green peas
• 10 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules or espresso powder
• 1 tablespoon margarine
• extra 1/2 cup cocoa powder or ground nuts to roll the truffles in

Details

Servings 12
Adapted from christmas-cookies.com

Preparation

Step 1

In a saucepan with 2-1/2 cups water, boil the green peas for 5 minutes. Drain. Do not allow to cool.

Meanwhile, in a double boiler over hot (not boiling) water, melt the chocolate.

Place hot peas in a food processor and process until the purée is very smooth.

Add 1 cup of the HOT pea purée to the melted chocolate and stir well.

Add the other ingredients (except the reserved cocoa and/or nuts) and stir well.

Allow to cool. When solid enough to manipulate, roll into scant 1″ balls and roll in the extra cocoa powder or chopped nuts.