Raw Food Recipe: Cherry Almond Truffles
Makes about 24 truffles ~ $.32 per truffle
Ingredients
- 1 cup cherries, dehydrated ($.75)
- 2 cups almonds ($5.00)
- 1 cups dates, pitted and chopped ($2.00) pinch salt
These are pretty, understated and elegant. It’s another recipe from my Spring Raw e Book, but it’s perfect for this time of year and makes a great treat for any holiday. To make them, dehydrate a cup of cherries. Just place on a lined dehydrator tray and dry for a few hours, until the cherries are shrunken but still pliable and not hard or brittle.
Directions
- In a food processor fitted with an āSā blade, process the almonds until finely ground. This takes a minute or so.
- Add in the dates and dehydrated cherries
- Process again until the mixture begins to clump together.
- Using a tablespoon, scoop out even sized balls, and roll between hands to shape.
- Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Makes about 24 truffles.
nutritional information: calories: 113 fat: 5 gr carb: 12 gr protein: 3 gr
I may just need to make these for my Mom, she was just suggesting a cherry almond cookie ;)!
Sounds good š
Wonderful! I miss Travese City cherries…this reminds me of the large box my father-in-law shipped down to us from MI. several years ago.Wish I had some of those now to make these yummy balls.
Peace and Raw Health,
Elizabeth
Hi Elizabeth, Traverse City cherries are one of my favorites, too!
Where do you manage to get dried cherries that cheap?
Hi Lisa, I bought them frozen and dehydrated them until they were kind of leathery. Much less expensive, and nothing but cherries.