Fruit-nut chocolate bonbons
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Ground ginger |
| 2 | teaspoons | Cinnamon |
| ½ | cup | Honey |
| ½ | cup | Hot water (brandy may be substituted for a few tbs of water) |
| 6 | ounces | Bittersweet chocolate, chopped |
| 2 | tablespoons | Oil |
| ¾ | cup | Seedless raisins |
| ⅔ | cup | Finely chopped walnuts |
| 2½ | cup | Cake meal |
| Sugar or finely chopped nutmeats for garnish | ||
Directions
Combine the sugar, spices, honey and water in a 1 quart saucepan. Cook over low heat until the syrum forms a thread (232 degrees F on a candy thermometer). Remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate and oil. Add the raisin, walnuts and cake meal. Blend thoroughly and quickly. Form into 1 inch balls and roll each in the sugar or nutmeats. Place the bonbons into individually tea-sized paper cups and chill until firm. Makes approx. 24.
Posted to rec.food.recipes by "Joel W./Mirjam D." <yoel@...> on Mar 16, 1994.