White Chocolate Pistachio Truffles

Close up of white chocolate pistachio truffle coated in ground pistachios.

These are the best Pistachio Truffles you'll make! Handmade creamy white chocolate pistachio ganache truffles, made with only four ingredients. Each pistachio truffle is coated in more ground pistachios for added texture and flavour. Super simple recipe to make an elegant gift or a great bitesize sweet treat.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Cooling and Assembly 2

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings truffles

Calories 107 kcal

Ingredients

6 oz white chocolate finely chopped
½ cup heavy cream
3 tablespoon pistachio paste either homemade or storebought. If making your own, try my easy Pistachio Paste recipe.
½ cup unsalted pistachios ground finely

Instructions

Place your finely chopped white chocolate in a heatproof bowl and set aside.
In a small saucepan, place your heavy cream and pistachio paste. Cook this over a medium heat until simmering, stirring occasionally to ensure the pistachio paste is well mixed in.
Allow the mixture to continue simmering for about 2 minutes, to ensure that it is well warmed through. Keep stirring regularly and avoid bringing it to a boil.
Pour the heated cream mixture over top of the white chocolate, ensuring it covers all of the chocolate. Let this sit for 2 minutes.
After 2 minutes, stir through until smooth (see note). You should now have a thick pistachio ganache.
Set this pistachio ganache in the refrigerator for an hour or two to set more firm.
Once the ganache has firmed up, place your ground pistachios on a plate or bowl.
Scoop the pistachio ganache either using a small cookie scoop or spoon. Roll each scoop between your palms gently to form a ball. Then roll each ball in the ground up pistachios to coat. Repeat until finished with the ganache. (see note)

Notes

A common issue with ganache is that the chocolate sometimes doesn't melt smoothly and leaves lumps. If there is any unmelted chocolate, there are two ways to troubleshoot this:

Using the microwave to finish the melting
Using a DIY bain-marie to warm and melt the chocolate

See the above post for more details on troubleshooting methods.

The number of truffles this mixture will make will depend on the size of the scooped balls. The recipe makes approximately 18 tablespoons of ganache.

Nutrition

Calories: 107kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 2gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 9mgSodium: 11mgPotassium: 93mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 115IUVitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 29mgIron: 0.3mg

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