Date Balls
Sticky balls of blended dates, almonds and cocoa, rolled in coconut.
Photograph credit: Date balls by DDlicious · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
What Goes With It
- Hot coffee
- Mint tea
- Fresh fruit
- Cheese
How to Cook Date Balls
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Process the almonds in a food processor until finely chopped.
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Add the dates, cocoa and salt and process until the mixture clumps together.
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Roll into 16 balls with damp hands and roll each in the desiccated coconut.
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Chill for 30 minutes.
Worth Knowing Before You Cook
Use soft dates.
Process the nuts first.
Roll with damp hands.
Keep them chilled.
Leftovers
Keeps in the fridge for 2 weeks.
Questions and Answers
How long does Date Balls take to make?
15 minutes of preparation and of cooking, plus 30 minutes of chilling, so allow 45 minutes from start to finish. The recipe serves 16.
The Numbers per Serving
Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.
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