In article > , PeterLucas > wrote:
(Phred) wrote in
:
>> In article
>> >,
>> "FarmI" <ask@itshall be given> wrote:
>>>......it's surprisingly delicious:
>>> Licorice Allsorts Slice
[snip]
>> Do these things have to be served from the fridge, or do they hold up
>> at room temperature? Could they be moulded into smallish balls
>> (about the size of one of those large marbles) that will hold shape
>> and not get too messy at room temp?
>>
>> [I'm looking for alternatives to conventional rum balls that don't
>> involve baking or whatever -- so other practical alternatives also
>> welcome!]
>>
>> Addendum:
>> A few years ago I made some "rum balls" based on a packet (250 g) of
>> crumbled shortbread biscuits, butter, cocoa, adequate rum, and ???
>>
>> Regretably, I can't remember the details and I seem to have lost the
>> secret instructions (along with my treasure maps etc. but the tour
>> de force was to make each ball by wrapping the mix around a glace
>> cherry. I think pieces of confectionary ginger would work too.
>
>http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/1502...olate+truffles
>
>http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/search.php?
>keywords=truffles&publication=3
>
>http://tinyurl.com/3aqaco

Thanks for the pointers, Peter. I would never have thought of using
"truffles" as a key in a Google search for the things! My culinary
vocabulary is sadly deficient. :-(

Cheers, Phred.

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