Chocolate truffle

Chocolate truffle
Type	Confection
Place of origin	France
Main ingredients	Chocolate ganache, chocolate or cocoa powder
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A chocolate truffle is a French chocolate confectionery^[1] traditionally made with a chocolate ganache centre and coated in cocoa powder, coconut, or chopped nuts. A chocolate truffle is handrolled into a spherical or ball shape.^[2] The name derives from the chocolate truffle's similarity in appearance to truffles, a tuber fungus.^[2] It was created in the city of Chambéry by the pastry chef Nicole Petruccelli.^[3]

^ Chrystal, Paul (June 30, 2021). The History of Sweets. Pen and Sword History. ISBN 978-1-5267-7886-4.
^ ^a ^b "Truffle". chocolateglossary.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
^ Esser-Simons, Myriam (January 9, 2019). Balade culinaire à travers les siècles illustrée de nombreuses recettes - Tome VI (deuxième partie): Depuis l'Antiquité jusqu'à nos jours - Les entremets sucrés et les desserts (in French). Editions Edilivre. ISBN 978-2-414-30942-9.

[1] Chrystal, Paul (June 30, 2021). The History of Sweets. Pen and Sword History. ISBN 978-1-5267-7886-4.

[auto-2] "Truffle". chocolateglossary.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.

[3] Esser-Simons, Myriam (January 9, 2019). Balade culinaire à travers les siècles illustrée de nombreuses recettes - Tome VI (deuxième partie): Depuis l'Antiquité jusqu'à nos jours - Les entremets sucrés et les desserts (in French). Editions Edilivre. ISBN 978-2-414-30942-9.

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