Super Truffles for Christmas

[Penny]

Quick and very simple tasty truffles.

4 oz plain cake
4 oz caster sugar
4 oz ground almonds
sherry or rum to flavour
apricot jam seived
chocolate vermacelli

Rub cake through a coarse sieve
Add the sugar, ground almonds and enough apricot jam to bind
Flavour as liked
Shape mixture into small balls about 16 to 18.
Roll each one in the jam and coat with the vermacelli
When dry put in small cases

Alternative coating.
After dipping in the jam coat half of the balls with coconut and the other half with cocoa powder
Enjoy. cheers Penny

[Rowan]

[Monsy]

Alternatively, you could make one giant one............

[Penny]

Thought I would try another change to the above.

Hubby loved them all but adored this new one.

6 oz plain choc. melted.
3 oz plain cake ( sieved or put thro' processor )
3 oz icing sugar
1 oz ground almond
2 fl oz double cream
2 tablespoons rum.

Make as above recipe.




Tried one myself and must say they are delicious.

cheers Penny.

[Rowan]

I laike rum truffles - champagne truffles even better