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Raspberry Leaf Tea Truffles

March 11, 2019 by Suzie the Foodie 4 Comments

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This is the first time I have ever done a post for female foodies! Why? Because I came up with an alternative treatment plan for menstrual cramps, PMS and ovary pain using raspberry leaf tea and chocolate. Now you can use this formula and procedure to make other medicinally-inspired truffles of course but I have wanted to make these forever! BTW guys can enjoy them too. They are delicious.

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Raspberry leaf tea is probably the only herbal tea I actually truly like the flavour of. I was introduced to it a long time ago for helping with menstrual cramps. Lately I just have not wanted to have tea (especially herbal tea) so I asked myself, why not make medicinal chocolate with it? OK just the term medicinal chocolate gets me excited.

Why not make medicine taste fantastic?

The Technique

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I had already made Earl Grey Infused Truffles using my Magical Butter machine so I decided to do the same with raspberry leaf. This is not necessary!

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Just heat up 2  cups of heavy cream over medium high heat (2 1/2 if you are using the Magical Butter Machine). Watch so that it does not boil over. Heat until hot. Remove from stove.

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Then add the tea from 10 raspberry leaf teabags (17.5 grams) and let steep 30 minutes. Strain. Reheat.

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I put the cream in my Magical Butter machine with the loose tea and set it at 130F for 2 hours. I filtered the infused cream through the Magical Butter Purity Bag to remove the raspberry leaf tea.

I covered 2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate with the cream, then whisked into ganache a few minutes later. I let it sit, cool and then chilled in the fridge.

Foodie Disaster

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My original idea was to use the ganache as a filling for molded chocolates.

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I even got my new laser temperature gun out (OMG, it is the coolest and works so well!) to temper chocolate for the mold.

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Yeah… THAT was a disaster! Soon after I learned at the candy and chocolate making class I went to that my initial chocolate layer probably was not set enough when I added the filling. I also probably over-filled with the ganache. OMG, was a mess. I must have spent over an hour scraping and cleaning out that mold.

Screw That! Bring On The Truffles!

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I still had lots of ganache so instead I rolled them into balls and then coated with cocoa powder.

I froze them in batches so that when the time came that I needed their medicinal benefits I made sure that some were in the fridge ready for me to take my medicine.

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Not only are these effective they are downright delicious. Who does not like chocolate and raspberries together? Rich, creamy and flavourful… Everyone who tried them loved them!

Foodie Results

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I am absolutely hooked on the idea of candy and chocolates being used as medicine. I have always wanted to study herbalism and having my own foodie take on it excites me every day. It is a whole new world to explore when it comes to herbs and spices and how to incorporate them into making sweet treats with them.

Skip the spoon full of sugar and let the chocolate help the medicine go down.

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Filed Under: candy, candy making, chocolate, Herbalism, herbs, herbs and spices, Magical Butter, Magical Butter Kit, MagicalButter, raspberries, recipe, tea, truffles Tagged With: chocolate, chocolate for women, herb, herbalism, herbs, Magical Butter, MagicalButter, PMS, raspberry leaf, Suzie the Foodie, Tea, truffles

Comments

  1. Debra She Who Seeks says

    March 11, 2019 at 10:31 pm

    I’m kinda sorry that I am in menopause now. But what the hell, I’d eat some anyway! They look DE-LISH!

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    • Suzie the Foodie says

      March 12, 2019 at 12:28 pm

      LOL, yes, you could have them at any time of life! Because they taste so good.

      Reply
  2. Cathy Fletcher says

    March 12, 2019 at 2:53 am

    Fascinating and inspiring! You must be putting yourself out there to make such a mess! So many times I paid for my kitchen adventures, but far more delights, yes? I remember a big bell jar on the counter of Anderson’s Art Store, in London Ontario, when I was 16…it had great huge twists of horehound candy the colour of rootbeer. He said it was for colds. You bought the big piece and then smacked bits off 🙂

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    • Suzie the Foodie says

      March 12, 2019 at 12:29 pm

      Thanks Cathy and yes, OMG, what a disaster that was. Oh interesting about the bell jar and the horehound candy, so cool! So I guess I am not the only one who thought of this, LOL.

      Reply

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