Almond & Date Balls

Ingredients

  • 1 ¾ cups        Whole Almonds (with the skin on)
  • 2 cups            Dates (pitted)                                  
  • 1 tsp              Pure Vanilla Essence

This simple recipe is one of our most requested.

  1. Using a food processor place ¾ cup of whole almonds and wizz till you have a fine almond meal. Remove from food processor and set aside.
  2. Return to the food processor and add 1 cup of whole almonds with the skin on and 2 cups of pitted dates that have been roughly chopped.
  3. Add 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla essence and process till you have achieved a mixture that is well combined.
  4. Then using a heaped teaspoon of this mixture, mould the paste into balls and roll  in the reserved almond meal. Repeat this until you have used up all the mixture. Balls should be kept small as this mixture is very rich.

Balls can be stored for up to four days in the refrigerator, ideal for school lunches or at supper time.

Note: To avoid overworking your food processor divide the mixture into several batches.   

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