Xmas Pudding Truffles
Description
These easy-to-make truffles are perfect as an after-dinner indulgence with coffee and liqueurs or, prettily wrapped, as a highly individual gift.
Ingredients
- 6oz/175g digestive biscuit crumbs
- 2oz/50g chopped dried fruits (sultanas, raisins, dates, figs, apricots etc)
- 2oz/50g chopped mixed nuts, toasted
- 2oz/50g ground almonds
- 2oz/50g blackcurrant or raspberry jam
- grated zest of 1 orange
- dark rum to taste
- white marzipan, angelica and glace cherries to decorate
- icing sugar to roll out marzipan
- melted dark chocolate/cocoa powder to coat (optional)
Method
- Mix biscuit crumbs, dried fruit, nuts, ground almonds, jam and orange zest in a large bowl.
- Add sufficient rum to make a stiff mixture.
- Form mixture into walnut-sized balls and coat lightly in cocoa powder.
- Decorate the top of the truffle by taking small piece of white marzipan and rolling out into an uneven shape, then pressing this on to the top of the truffle to resemble icing.
- Add glace cherries and angelica to resemble holly berries and leaves.
- If preferred, decorate truffles by coating in melted chocolate and leaving to set.