Ok I know this sounds insanely disgusting and should be confined to gastronomic purgatory.
!["How bad could it be?" was my exact thought before eating this... "Not too shabby" was my next thought.](https://i0.wp.com/barelynormal.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/blue-cheese-and-chocolate-truffle5.jpg?resize=600%2C450)
Yet, somehow the flavours go really well together. I first saw this pairing done by Heston Blumenthal (on a show called Kitchen Chemistry) and thought he must have a brain tumour that’s effecting his taste or something, until he went to have the aromas analysed in a lab. There was a whopping 60% overlap in aromas between chocolate and blue cheese!
![Blue cheese and chocolate are like having dinosaurs in Downton Abbey... I'd watch that!](https://i0.wp.com/barelynormal.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/blue-cheese-and-chocolate-truffles-and-house.jpg?resize=600%2C450)
The recipe is quite simple – Chocolate ganache with blue cheese added. I couldn’t find a recipe so this is just me hacking wildly in the dark: (I think it worked)
- 100g slab of 70% Lindt Chocolate
- 200ml thick Cream
- 80g Blue Cheese
- 1 large tablespoon of Butter
- 1 large tablespoon Sugar (add more if it’s to bitter)
- Cocoa powder to coat the truffles
In a double boiler warm up cream and add the chocolate, stir until it’s all melted nicely together. Add the butter – this gives a it a nice glossy look. Add sugar to taste.
Then came the moment of hesitation – I had no idea how much blue cheese to put in… then I remembered the cheese on my chocolate cracker was slightly less than 1:1 and the chocolate bar was 100g so I went for 80g blue cheese. I really think this ratio is a cracking good one.
![This was the point of no return - either it tastes good or I'll have to wait till next year's birthday for another slab of chocolate to eat in my slanted house with my grandparents...](https://i0.wp.com/barelynormal.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/blue-cheese-and-chocolate-truffle4.jpg?resize=600%2C450)
Stir till everything has melted, then pour into a container and put it in the fridge freezer to firm up. Don’t put a lid on it or the steam will condense and run into your ganache, unless you want liquid in there.
After I superbly spooned out the thick ganache and sprinkled them with cocoa, I deftly rolled them into balls.
![There is perhaps a slight chance I added too much butter or cream because these melt incredibly quickly and are really hard to roll into balls...](https://i0.wp.com/barelynormal.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/blue-cheese-and-chocolate-truffle3.jpg?resize=600%2C450)
Place them back in the freezer to firm up some more in their new shape and presto! Blue cheese and chocolate truffles.
![I gave one of these gems to someone that hates blue cheese without telling her what was in it... she loved it!](https://i0.wp.com/barelynormal.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/blue-cheese-and-chocolate-truffle2.jpg?resize=600%2C450)
I hope you try this out and let me know what you think – as always comments are welcome.