Chocolate Praline Truffles

Total Time: 6 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• 3 cups chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 4 tablespoons whipping cream
• 24 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 6 tablespoons butter, pieced out
• 4 tablespoons almond liqueur
• chocolate chips (for semi-sweet)
• almonds (for the pecans)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350; buttter a 10x15 jelly roll pan; set aside.
• 2 stir together pecans, brown sugar and 4 t. whipping cream; spread in prepared pan; bake for 20 minutes (coating will be slightly crystallized); stir one time; remove from oven; stir the whole works (should be of "chopped nuts texture/consistence"--will be used for rolling the truffle/chocolate in later on) and cool.
• 3 microwave the chocolate chips and remaining cream in a large bowl--about 3-4 minutes; whisk several times until smooth (microwave at 15-second intervals to prevent burning); whisk in the butter pieces and the almond liqueur; let stand 20 minutes.
• 4 beat the chocolate mixture with an electric mixer for 4 minutes or until soft peaks form (do not overbeat!); cover and chill at least four hours.
• 5 shape chocolate into one-inch balls, roll in pecan-sugar; cover and chill up to one week (who are we kidding? these will not last for one week!) or freeze for up to a month (seriously!?).