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    By Amanda Smyth 1 Comment

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    So this is Christmas...

    OK.

    Not really.

    Christmas is still twelve days away but now is the perfect time to get ahead of the Christmas crazy and make rum balls.

    There's a few things to note about rum balls:

    • it's only advantageous to make them in advance if you don't eat them all before 25 December.
    • mixing weetbix and rum is a crime against Christmas cuisine.
    • rum is an essential ingredient of rum balls.

    To further demonstrate the third point, I've done some quick situation analysis and come up with a visual illustration of circumstances in which it is acceptable to leave the rum out of rum balls.

    under what circumstances should christmas rum balls be made without rum

    There's one final point of rum ball note: the key to really good Christmas rum balls (and just about all cooking really) is to start with good ingredients. The better the cake, the better the chocolate, the better the rum, the better the balls.

    Christmas rum balls

     

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    Christmas rum balls

    Prep 10 mins

    Cook 2 mins

    Total 12 mins

    Author Amanda Smyth | Cooker and a Looker

    Yield 30 rum balls

    It's just not Christmas without rum balls! This version has a beautiful truffle-like consistency.

    Ingredients

    800g fruit cake

    ½ cup Bundaburg rum

    500g of good quality dark chocolate (I use 72% cocoa)

    1 dessertspoon coconut oil

    crushed digestive biscuits, chocolate sprinkles and/or desiccated coconut for rolling

    Instructions

    Break the cake into small pieces, add the rum and allow to soak for ½ hour.

    Break the chocolate into pieces and place in a large heat-proof bowl. Microwave until the chocolate has melted, stir in the coconut oil.

    Add the fruitcake mix to the chocolate and mix until well combined.

    Roll tablespoon sized bowls in desiccated coconut and/or crushed digestive biscuits.

    Notes

    The mixture is malleable while it's warm. If you’re somewhere cold, you may have to work quickly before the mixture gets too cool to roll.

    For a more truffle-like consistency, use a food processor to break the Christmas cake into thick crumbs.

    Courses Dessert

    Cuisine Christmas

    Christmas rum ball recipe

     

    how are your Christmas preparations shaping up?

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