Goat Cheese Chocolate Truffles | Recipe
Delicate chocolate pralines with a savoury filling
Text:
Alexander Kuhlmann
Photography:
© Roberta Dall'Alba
15 September 2026
This praline recipe follows the "savoury trend" by combining sweet and savoury flavours. To achieve this, a savoury mixture is made from fresh goat’s cream cheese, which is enhanced with sweet cranberries. The truffles are then coated in 70 per cent cranberry chocolate. The recipe is very simple and quick to make, and is ideal for anyone who likes to try out new flavour combinations.
Ingredients
makes about 15 truffles
200 g
fresh goat cheese** or other cheese (like robiola)
25 g
maple syrup
1 pinch
salt
25 g
dried cranberries, chopped
50 g
almond butter
150 g
VIVANI Superior Dark Cranberry Chocolate
**If using goat cheese, truffles will have a more intense “herbaceous” flavour.
making
working time
15 minutes
waiting / cooling time
1,5 hour
level of difficulty
easy
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01
In a bowl, combine fresh goat cheese, maple syrup, salt, chopped cranberries and almond butter. Stir until incorporated.
02
Let rest in the fridge for about 1 hour.
03
Now, using your hands, take a bit of cheese mixture and form about 15 balls (the mixture will be sticky). Iif you want to make things easier: use a small ice cream scoop.
04
Let the balls set in the freezer for 15 minutes.
05
In the meantime, break the chocolate into pieces and melt it carefully in a bain-marie. Let it cool down slightly.
06
Using a fork dip each cheese ball in the chocolate. Place the truffles on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and allow them to firm up a bit.
07
Let set in the fridge before serving.
Superior Dark Cranberry
70 % Cocoa Santo Domingo | vegan
