Dried Plum Truffles
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A healthy, quick, no-bake and delicious dessert? Yes... it definitely exists, and you have the proof right before your eyes. I prepared them in the adult version, but in parentheses you'll find substitutes for the kids' version. This way, everyone will be delighted!
Ingredients
100g plain biscuits
50 pitted dried plums (approx 300g)
100g toasted walnuts
2 teaspoons cocoa (or carob powder for young children)
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 crushed clove, powdered
pinch of ground nutmeg
zest of 1/2 orange (or lemon)
8 tablespoons rum (I used sweet oloroso sherry; for children substitute with orange juice, apple juice, or plum compote juice)
2 tablespoons fine granulated sugar (or shredded coconut; for coating)
Makes: 20 pieces
How to prepare dried plum truffles
- Put the biscuits in a food processor and blend until they're crumbled like breadcrumbs. Add the dried plums and blend until the plums break into small pieces.
- Add all the aromatics (orange zest, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, cocoa) and rum. Blend for 1 minute until everything becomes a not-too-soft paste that gathers around the processor blade.
- Add the finely ground walnuts and blend briefly. If the paste seems very stiff (this depends on how dehydrated the plums are), add a little more rum until it becomes easy to shape.
- Form balls from the resulting paste. Roll the truffles through fine granulated sugar or shredded coconut.
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour to firm up and let the flavors meld. Store in the refrigerator.
Truffle mixture paste
Rolling the truffles in fine sugar
