Chocolate Bourbon Balls

Total Time: 4 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 160 g dark chocolate, finely chopped
• 125 ml whipping cream
• 250 g italian sponge cake fingers or 250 g ladyfingers
• 100 g icing sugar
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 100 g ground almonds
• 100 g finely chopped walnuts
• 3 tablespoons bourbon or 3 tablespoons whiskey
• 180 g butter, melted
• cocoa powder, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 heat cream in a saucepan, stirring till it bubbles.
• 2 remove from heat, add chocolate, stir till it melts.
• 3 whiz the sponge fingers in a food processor, or crush with a rolling pin to fine crumbs.
• 4 sift icing sugar and cocoa powder into a large bowl.
• 5 mix in the crumbs, ground almonds, and chopped walnuts.
• 6 add bourbon, chocolate cream and butter, mix well.
• 7 take a walnut size pinch of the mixture and roll into a ball in your hands.
• 8 note: if it is too wet, add a little more cocoa powder.
• 9 if it is a little too dry, add a dash of bourbon.
• 10 place on greaseproof paper on a tray and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or till firm.
• 11 roll each chocolate bourbon ball in cocoa powder to serve.
• 12 note2: to make it extra special, decorate each with edible gold leaf.