Christmas cream truffles

Ingredients

175 g (6 oz) plain chocolate, broken into pieces
50 g (2 oz) muscovado sugar
25 g (1 oz) butter
2 egg yolks
1 / 2 tsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp brandy
2 tsp single cream
40 g (1 ½ oz) cake or biscuit crumbs
Chocolate vermicelli, cocoa powder and icing sugar to coat

Melt chocolate in a bowl over simmering water. Add sugar and butter. Heat, stirring, until melted and combined. Stir in egg yolks, vanilla, brandy and cream. Continue to heat for 2 minutes, stirring. Remove from heat. Add cake or biscuit crumbs and beat together. Chill until cool enough to handle. Form mix into 20 balls then roll in vermicelli, cocoa or icing sugar.

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