Christmas treats

Snowy Cherry Truffles
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- Cherries: black cherries soaked in Kirsch taste the best.
- Marzipan
- Icing sugar
- Ground almonds

Cover each cherry with marzipan and roll it into a small snowball the size of a walnut. Rolls the snowball in icing sugar mixed with a little water/white wine, then in almond powder and then again in icing sugar.


Ginger Stars
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- Butter
- Ground ginger
- Cinnamon
- Demerara sugar
- Honey/Golden syrup
- Self raising flour
- Icing sugar - mixed with a little orange juice (or white wine)

Roll out the dough, cut out the stars and bake. Once slightly browned remove and let them cool on a wire rack. Once cool, spread icing on top and sprinkle with ground ginger and cinnamon.


Red Velvet Christmas Mousse
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- Dark chocolate
- Milk (infused with rose hip tea)
- Vanilla dessert whip
- Vanilla essence
- Clove powder
- Cinnamon
- Glacé cherries

Place the glacé cherries at the bottom of an ice cream bowl. Heat the milk and let a few tea bags of rose hip steep for a while. Melt the dark chocolate on a double boiler and once the milk has been allowed to steep for at least 10 minutes, slowly pour it into the chocolate stirring constantly. Add a few pinches of nutmeg and cinnamon and allow to cool. Once cooled, add the dessert whip and pour over the cherries. Allow to chill and once set garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon, nutmeg, ground almonds and sprinkles.