Quick & Easy Apricot And Nut Truffles

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 397 g sweetened condensed milk
• 70 g butter
• 35 g hazelnuts, toasted and chopped
• 35 g almonds, toasted and chopped
• 75 g dates, finely chopped
• 200 g dried apricots, finely chopped
• 100 g desiccated coconut
• 300 g dark chocolate, melted

Recipe

• 1 combine sweetened condensed milk and butter in a sauce pan, cook over low heat for 10 minutes or until the mixture is light golden in color. remove from heat.
• 2 add nuts, dates, apricots and coconut to the cream mixture then mix thoroughly. once the mixture cools, shape it into small equal size balls. chill the balls in the freezer.
• 3 dip the chilled truffles in the melted chocolate and place them on a tray that is lined with waxed paper. refrigerate the truffles until firm.
• 4 optional: decorate with swirl patterns using melted chocolate piped on with a fine nozzle or using a folded paper cone.
• 5 store the truffles in a plastic container in layers separated by wax paper in the refrigerator.