Recipe: White Chocolate Lavender Truffles

the white chocolate melts in your mouth and then you get this lovely lavender taste ...
wonderfully delicious!!

200 gram white chocolate

100 gram creme fraiche

50 gram butter

3-5 shoots fresh lavender from garden

melt the butter and white chocolate, add the lavender.

let infuse for one hour away from heat.

reheat the mass and gently add creme fraiche.

let drip out of a sieve into a bowl.

press the remaining chocolate out of sieve, crushing lavender in process.

when cool, form into balls with small scoop - size of truffle, or roll in hands.

serve cool but not chilled.

WOW! voted Top9 in foodbuzz on July 27th 2009.

Thanks to all! :O) Katrin