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Nipples of Venus (Capezzoli di Venere)

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Nipples of Venus (Capezzoli di Venere)

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Time

0 min

Serving

24 persons

Calories

169

Rating

4.00★ (5)

Author: Victoria Buriak
I first learned of these confections through the famous scene of the same name in the movie Amadeus. Fast forward 30-plus years later, and inspired by a viewer's request, I finally learned that these were in fact real, and very delicious, thanks in part to the star of the show, chestnuts. Serve these as a sexy snack during a Valentine's viewing of the corresponding film.

Ingredients

  • white sugar: 0.33333 cup
  • unsalted butter, room temperature: 5 Tbsp
  • ounces dark chocolate: 6 piece (chopped)
  • ounces whole chestnuts: 14 piece
  • pinch salt: 1 piece
  • pinch cayenne pepper: 1 piece
  • vanilla extract: 1 tsp
  • brandy: 0.25 cup
  • ounces white chocolate: 8 piece (chopped)
  • confectioners' sugar: 0.33333 cup
  • milk: 2 tsp (or as needed)
  • paper candy cups:
  • drop red food coloring: 1 piece (or more if needed)

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Stages of cooking

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  1. Cream sugar and butter together with a spatula until light and creamy. Set aside.
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  2. Heat an inch of water in a pot set over low heat. Melt dark chocolate in a heat-proof bowl placed over the pot. Stir with a small spatula.
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  3. Place chestnuts in a food processor; pulse on and off until very finely ground. Add chestnuts to the sugar-butter mixture and stir until combined. Add salt, cayenne pepper, vanilla extract, and brandy. Stir well. Pour in the melted chocolate and mix again until filling is well blended.
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  4. Scoop filling onto a silicone-lined baking sheet and smooth out if necessary. Cover the balls in plastic wrap and refrigerate while you prepare the white chocolate coating.
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  5. Reserve about 20% of the white chocolate to stir in later. Melt the rest in a heat-proof bowl over a pot of simmering water until an instant-read thermometer inserted in to the chocolate reads 105 degree F (41 degrees C). Add the reserved white chocolate and stir until melted.
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  6. Place 1 chocolate truffle on a fork and hold it up above the white chocolate coating. Spoon on the white chocolate until ball is well coated. Use another fork to push the truffle onto a lined baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining truffles and coating. Place the bowl of coating back over hot water if it chocolate starts to harden.
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  7. Mix confectioners' sugar with enough milk to make a very thick paste that will hold together well. Dye it pink with red food coloring. Transfer into a piping bag and pipe a small dot on top of each truffle. Serve truffles in paper candy cups.
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