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Coconut Balls | Mum's Recipe

Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 20
Author Vincenzo's Plate

Equipment

  • 3 Medium size mixing bowls
  • Teaspoon
  • Tray or long plate to serve

Ingredients

  • 350 grams Ricotta
  • 150 grams Sugar
  • 150 grams Desiccated coconut + another 100g in a separate bowl
  • 100 grams Cocoa
  • 2 Teaspoons of Rum only if desired

Instructions

  • Add the ricotta to one of your mixing bowls and squash it down using a fork.
  • Add the sugar and mix it through well then add the two teaspoons of Rum and continue to mix once more.
  • Add 150g of desiccated coconut and mix this through too.
  • Put half of your mixture into another bowl and leave it to the side.
  • Using your hands, get a small amount of the mixture and roll it into a ball using your hands.
  • Prepare a bowl with 100g of desiccated coconut and place the balls in there one at a time, rolling them around and covering them well.
  • Repeat this step, until the Ricotta and Coconut Balls mixture is finished adding extra coconut to your bowl as required.
  • Divide the cocoa in two, adding half to your remaining ricotta mix (which you put to the side earlier) and the other half to your bowl of freshly topped up desiccated coconut.
  • Repeat the steps above, making small balls and them rolling them in the coconut, until there is no mixture left!
  • Try and keep your Ricotta and Coconut balls more or less the same size and as round as possible, making sure not to press down on them when you are covering them and transferring them to a serving tray.
  • Leave to harden in the fridge for at least 3-4hr before serving (or even overnight if you have time to prepare them beforehand!
  • E ora si mangia, Vincenzo’s Plate….Enjoy!

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