Name: Cheat’s rum pudding truffles
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 2 x 350g plum puddings; 50 gram butter, melted; 1/3 cup (35g) dutch cocoa; 1/4 cup (60ml) rum; 150 gram white chocolate, chopped coarsely; 8 glacé cherries, cut into quarters

Ingredients

2 x 350g plum puddings

50 gram butter, melted

1/3 cup (35g) dutch cocoa

1/4 cup (60ml) rum

150 gram white chocolate, chopped coarsely

8 glacé cherries, cut into quarters

Method

1.Crumble puddings into small pieces in a large bowl.

2.Combine butter, cocoa and rum in a small bowl, stir until smooth. Add butter mixture to the pudding, stir to combine.

3.Roll slightly rounded tablespoons of the mixture into 32 balls. Place on a baking-paper-lined tray.

4.Melt white chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water (don’t let water touch base of bowl). Cool chocolate slightly until thickened, but still pourable.

5.Spoon a little chocolate over the top of each pudding allowing it to drip down the sides slightly, top puddings with a piece of cherry. Refrigerate until firm.

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