Chocolate Apricot Balls Recipe
It only takes three ingredients and a few minutes to make these chocolate apricot balls, yet they look and taste incredible.
Ingredients
- 200 g dried apricots (plus a single dried apricot cut into thin slivers)
- 100 g blanched almonds (or cashews, or a mix of the two)
- 150 ml boiling water
- 100 g dark chocolate (bittersweet)
Instructions
- 1
Put the apricots and almonds in a heat-resistant bowl.
- 2
Pour the boiled water into the bowl, stir and leave to soak for 5 minutes. Drain.
- 3
Put the apricots and nuts in a blender. Blitz until they come together into a thick paste.
- 4
Take a tablespoon of the apricot mix and roll in into a ball. In total, you could get 12 balls. If you’d rather divide them by weight, they’ll weight about 27g (1 ounce) each.
- 5
Melt the chocolate in a small heat-resistant bowl the microwave or using a bain-marie.
- 6
Rest an apricot ball on a fork or slotted spoon lower it into the chocolate. Roll it in the chocolate gently to coat. Lift out of the chocolate, allow any excess to drip away.,
- 7
Place your coated ball onto a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper. Repeat until you have coated all 12 balls.
- 8
Top each ball with a sliver of apricot. Leave the chocolate to set.
Cook it from the original
This recipe comes from amummytoo.co.uk. Their page has the author’s own photos, notes and tips — the best place to cook it from.
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