How to make vegan rum truffles
Ingredients:
140g of soft dates, like medjool
150g of unsalted cashew nuts
1 teaspoon of cacao or cocoa powder
2 teaspoons of rum
1 teaspoon of water
120g of glace cherries
bar of vegan chocolate
ground almonds
handful of flour
Method:
put the dates, cashew nuts, cacao or cocoa powder and rum into a food processor and blend, if required add a teaspoon of water to bind all the ingredients together. I normally find I need just over 1 teaspoon of water.
add the cherries and pulse until they are incorporated into the mixture but not chopped up too small.
put a handful of flour onto the table in order to break up the sticky mixture into 12 lumps. Roll each lump into a ball.
put some baking parchment on a baking tray to prevent the balls from sticking to the tray.
melt some chocolate in a bowl, either in the microwave or in a bowl in a saucepan of hot water. Dip each ball into the chocolate and place on the prepared baking tray.
sprinkle with ground almonds.
put in the fridge for a couple of hours.
enjoy.
will keep in the fridge for up to 5 days ….. as if!!!