Ingredients

• 175g- digestive biscuit crumbs (or other vegan biscuits)
• 50g chopped raisins
• 50g roasted hazelnuts, chopped
• 50g ground almonds
• 75g blackcurrant jam
• 1 orange zest, very finely chopped
• Dark rum or brandy - to taste
• 150g plain chocolate
• To decorate- glace cherries

How to Make Christmas Pudding Truffles

• Mix the biscuit crumbs, raisins, nuts, jam, and orange zest together in a bowl.
• Add sufficient rum or brandy to make a fairly stiff mixture.
• Form the mixture into walnut-sized balls.
• Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water.
• Coat each truffle in the melted chocolate individually.
• Decorate with bits of glaced cherries and keep aside to set on a foil-covered tray.