Key Lime Truffles

so summer. yeah. it is totally key lime season. you know what that means?

neither do i. but i do have a super obsession with key lime pie. it is pretty much the best pie ever. do not fight me on this. it is refreshing, zesty, goes awesome on top of a graham cracker crust, nice and cool for the warm weather....

...if we had any warm weather. it's been raining for the last four days here. whatever. it is supposed to clear up by the weekend so i guess that is okay, except for the fact that i have to work all of it.

anyway, let's talk about these fancy key lime truffles. we have a creamy key lime filling. check. dark chocolate shell. double check. cool? yep. refreshing? mostly...it's no key lime pie, but they are pretty delicious. i have to keep them in the fridge because the filling doesn't seem to hold up quite as well as my usual truffle fillings, but whatever. summer needs cool. even if it's only like 60 degrees outside and raining.

here is the recipe link for the truffles. white chocolate (or white baking chips) take a little more effort to deal with, i have certainly ruined enough of it in my experiments. it just needs to be heated slowly and gently, otherwise it will curdle and make a huge mess.

like, it will get chunky, or grainy. it gets grainy especially when making mousse. but this is just ganache, so it is a little easier. for this recipe, you heat the cream first, add the lime zest, and allow it to infuse for a half hour or so, reheat it again to just before it boils (there will be little bubbles around the edges of the pan), and then pour it over the white chips/chocolate. the heat from the cream will warm it enough to melt it.

the site, sally's baking addiction, actually gives a nice long walkthrough on making the ganache, with pictures and everything. i should have purchased more white chips, as mine also started to get runny at room temp, but there's always next time. (i also didn't want to spend $3 on another bag just for a spoonful of chips out of it).

regardless. they are super yummy. that is all that matters.

i have the limes in my fridge, still. i didn't need much juice, mostly the zest. now i have to find something with lime juice i can make. i did find this chili lime chicken i was considering....

hmm. i can't believe it's july already. i feel like the year has gone by so fast. i have to start prepping for a wedding cake for the 18th. i know it is 2 1/2 weeks away, but i am going to be putting a lot of hours in since everyone is quitting at my store. we lost one guy, and another one is leaving in 2 weeks. my manager is working two stores. so there is me, and two other kids who are not able to close or open since they are so new. then throw the restaurant in there, and i have pretty much got my work cut out for me.

i am going to be making gum paste flowers, so i will be doing those soon. they will have plenty of time to dry before hand. they are also going to be painted, i am going to air brush them in blue and purple ombre. i have sugar cookies to make and frost, and a three tier cake. at least there is no fondant involved. but, it should come together fairly easy, it will just take some time.

 

in other news, aside from missing sunday because i was working, my poor aloe plant has been looking sad, so i read online to try and figure something out. it looked like there were a couple in the same pot, basically suffocating it, so i tried my hand at separating them today. i also gave my gollum a bigger pot, and i planted my pineapple. i hope i don't kill everything. so now i have four aloe plants instead of one. if they survive, i will totally share one with someone. they are blue elf aloe, and have a neat teal color to them.


yay for playing in dirt!

so that about sums up the last week or so. work work work work, and then today i had the morning off. i have to get my teeth fixed tomorrow, then doubles for the weekend. i even get to work on the holiday because my job doesn't care. boooooo.

anyway, i have to work now, so hope you have a good rest of the week, and maybe i will have something for sunday! thanks for reading!