Rum Truffles

[Rye]

i am look for a recipe for rum truffles. Years ago i had them but their are nun like any recipe i can find. They were just smaller then a tennis ball and were soft. I have heard them called a rum punch ball once.

[spudqueen]

I had a recipe for these once, unfortunately after three house moves I no longer know where it is. As far as I remember it contained cake crumbs, plain chocolate, chopped raisins and rum. One of these days I'll find that recipe.......................

[Plocket]

The recipe I use is:

12oz plain chocolate; 4oz butter or margarine; 6oz icing sugar; 6oz ground almonds; 5 tablespoons rum, brandy or cointreau

Melt the chocolate in a bain marie then add the butter until that too is melted. Remove from the heat and stir in the icing sugar and ground almonds. Finally add the alcohol and mix well. Pinch out small amounts of the mixture and roll into small balls, then roll in vermicelli or icing sugar. Place in paper cases. Allow to cool before storing.

[Rye]

cheers Plocket but i have tried a similar recipe, the ones i remember were softer i think the other were right with some cake being added.

Thanks for the help your recipe still tasted good.

[Cetti]

This is one I used to do using cake crumbs, Rye. *I always omitted the covering and just rolled the balls in the vermicelli. Messy but gorgeous!

4oz cake crumbs, 4oz castor sugar, 4oz ground almonds, 1oz melted chocolate, apricot jam, rum, *(chocolate glaze icing or melted chocolate), chocolate vermicelli.

Sieve the cake crumbs and mix with the sugar, almonds and sufficient hot sieved jam to hold the mixture together. Add the melted chocolate and rum to taste. Shape into balls and leave to set. *(Dip each ball in icing or chocolate and) coat with chocolate vermicelli. When dry put into paper cases.