{"id":497,"date":"2010-12-11T20:04:08","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T03:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artisanwineclub.com\/?page_id=497"},"modified":"2011-12-14T12:07:32","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T19:07:32","slug":"pat-on-our-handmade-truffles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/about\/pat-on-our-handmade-truffles\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat on our handmade truffles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"it\\'s<\/a> “okay, it’s not pretty…but it IS delicious!”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Janice and I have been making truffles for sale at the wine shop for about 3 years now.\u00a0 We generally make 4 flavors and usually have them very fresh for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and occasionally through the year when the whim strikes us.<\/p>\n

“We make ganache <\/em>centers… chocolate (dark, milk, or white) and cream. The flavorings we use are the real thing; vanilla from the bean itself, true liqueurs, and organic whenever possible. Then we hand dip them in dark tempered chocolate that gives a snappy covering around the creamy center.\u00a0 We use only the best chocolate–yeah, we’re chocolate snobs! The dark chocolate we are currently using is Vahlrona (French) at 72% cocoa content.\u00a0 The milk chocolate is also Vahlrona at 42% cocoa (a high % compared to most milk chocolate) and the white is a Spanish chocolate (El Rey) with 32% cocoa butter content–this is delicious even for those of us who aren’t wild about white chocolate.”<\/p>\n

The flavors for Christmas 2011 offering are:<\/strong><\/p>\n