White Chocolate Lemon Verbena Truffles

Name: White Chocolate Lemon Verbena Truffles
Yield: 48 1-inch truffles
Ingredients: 2 1/2 pounds white chocolate, finely chopped; 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream; 2 1/2 cups loosely packed fresh lemon verbena leaves; 3 to 4 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar

January 26, 2012

It’s easy to grow lemon verbena in a pot inside or in the garden. The leaves themselves are bitter and unpleasant to eat, but when infused into cream, the sweet lemony flavor is a perfect pairing with white chocolate.

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