Old World Sugarplums
- Ready In:
- 12hrs
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
36 sugarplums
ingredients
- 1 cup shelled walnuts
- 1⁄2 teaspoon unrefined sea salt
- 1 orange, zest of
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cardamom
- 1 cup chopped pitted dates
- 1⁄2 cup chopped unsulphured apricot
- 1⁄2 cup chopped pitted prunes
- powdered unrefined unbleached cane sugar or unsweetened desiccated coconut
directions
- Toss walnuts into a mixing bowl with one-half teaspoon unrefined sea salt and add warm water to cover by two inches. Allow the nuts to soak, covered, in salty water overnight between eight and twelve hours.
- After the nuts have soaked between eight and twelve hours, drain them in a colander and rinse them well. Pat them dry with a kitchen towel.
- Toss the soaked nuts into a food processor with the zest of one orange, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, coriander as well as chopped pitted dates, unsulphured apricots and pitted prunes.
- Pulse the mixture three to four times to combine, then process the dried fruit, walnuts and spices until a paste forms – about four or five minutes.
- Transfer the paste to a mixing bowl and form the sugar plums by rolling about two tablespoons of the paste in the palms of your hands until a round ball forms. Dredge the sugar plum in powdered unrefined cane sugar or unsweetened dessicated coconut.
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