Spanish fig & almond balls

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• margaret

  24 November 2008

  margaret rated and commented on this recipe

  

  These are really nice, I made them a lot smaller as I like to put a few small ones on a cheese board instead of cutting into one big one. I made 20 out of the mixture. I will use some of them as presents. Good recipe.

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• FionaE

  21 December 2008

  FionaE commented on this recipe

  Georgeous, but need to be made much smaller. Also lovely as a petit-four, for those who don't have a very sweet tooth.

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• jools77

  01 December 2009

  jools77 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this recipe last year as part of a Christmas hamper. Whizzing the figs to a paste wasn't easy in my blender, as I had to keep pushing the mix down & had to add a little water. But this probably depends on how dry the figs are, as they seem to vary greatly. I got 24 small balls from half the recipe and they were gorgeous (and all eaten by boxing day!) I've made more this year and hopefully I'll have enough left by Christmas to give away as gifts!

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• Four Candles

  16 September 2010

  Four Candles rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made for Christmas last year, and have been asked to make again by a couple of people. Agree with the other comments that these would be better made half as big. we cut little slices from them, but an individual mouth sized portion would have been nicer.

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• Kez

  22 September 2011

  Kez commented on this recipe

  I live in Spain and I have a huge fig tree and many almond trees, I found this recipe and it would be great to make use of the fruit. The recipe say to use dried figs, how do I dry them out and also can I use them fresh, if so I assume I am using all of the inside of the fig and throwing the outside skin. This would make lovely little gifts for christmas time and for my kids to sell at little christmas fayres.

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• Elena

  03 November 2011

  Elena rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I didn't have brandy but they still tasted great. My 2 and 4 year olds absolutely loved them! I made them into small bite size balls. I think they all got eaten before they dried!

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Ingredients

• 100g whole almonds , toasted
• 500g pack dried whole figs , hard stalk and centre of base removed
• 85g dried apricots , chopped into small pieces
• 50g dried cranberries
• 1 tbsp brandy
• 1 tbsp clear honey
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 100g sesame seeds , toasted

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Makes 6 balls

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Prep 20 mins

Ingredients

• 100g whole almonds , toasted
• 500g pack dried whole figs , hard stalk and centre of base removed
• 85g dried apricots , chopped into small pieces
• 50g dried cranberries
• 1 tbsp brandy
• 1 tbsp clear honey
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 100g sesame seeds , toasted

PER BALL

306 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 24g, fat 20 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 5g, sugar 23g, salt 0.05 g

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