Super Food Caramel Truffles

The countdown has began, only eight days to go ! From young to old everyone is eagerly waiting for the magical festive Christmas day to arrive. That means the wait is only eight days more and your home will fill with lots of excitement, giggles and fun, only eight days till you can listen to your favourite Christmas carols and only eight days to get in all the must watch Christmas movies again and again. And only eight days to do festive shopping, wrapping gifts and baking some goodies you see on the net. Must hurry, no time to waste !

A Christmas dread is getting that all important Christmas present, so many adverts on tele, gift guides!! But isn't it the thought that counts? Spending time on choosing the right gift? It's becoming more and more in these days to make a present. The time and effort simply screams an amazing gift!

Make Christmas more personal by making gorgeous gourmet gifts, and make friend's and family's festive season more sweeter! Forget the expensive perfumes, futuristic gadgets or sensible socks. One such treat are these Superfood caramel truffles !

You will need :-

• 400 g dried figs
• 200 g pitted dates
• 100 g raisins
• 5-6 tbsp. caramel flavoured hot chocolate powder
• 100 g mixed seeds ( I used pumpkin, sunflower and flax seeds )
• 2-3 tbsp. unsalted butter
• 200 g roasted cashew nuts
• 50 g roasted almonds finely chopped
• 50 g roasted pistachio nuts finely chopped

Method :-
Soak dried figs in a water for few hours. Drain the water and pat dry figs, leave it aside.
Meanwhile roast the seeds for 7-8 minutes on a very low heat. Cool and make coarse powder.
Place soaked figs, dates and raising in a food processor and make a paste, half way through grinding add cashew nuts and grind with the fruit paste.
Heat unsalted butter and add ground fruit paste, roast the paste for 7-8 minutes or till all the moisture dries up. Be careful not to cook too much, else paste will go solid hard and chewy.
Transfer into another bowl, semi cool and add chocolate powder and mix well.
Using a rounded tea spoon shape the mixture into equally sized round balls.
You could also use a melon baller or small cookie scoop depending how large or small you want the truffles.
Coat them in finely chopped almonds and pistachio nuts.
Let it cool completely and store them in air tight container.
Best to consume in one week if there are even any left by then