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Chocolate Fruit Truffles

Preparation 10 Minutes

Cook Chill: 3h Minutes

Serves 23

Add chocolate to a food processor and blitz until very finely chopped.
Transfer chocolate to a bowl, pour over the hot thickened cream, add butter, currants and salt and stir to combine. Refrigerate for 3-4 hours until firm but still able to be scooped with a spoon.
To make truffles, scoop 1 heaped tbsp of the mixture and use clean hands to roll into a rough ball. Repeat with remaining mixture (you should make about 24)
Arrange crushed nuts, desiccated coconut and cacao powder in separate bowls. Roll each of the truffles into different coatings to decorate.*to make coloured coconut we combined desiccated coconut with a few drops of food colouring

200g Sunbeam Currants

400g dark chocolate

120mL thickened cream

70g butter, softened

pinch of sea salt

crushed nuts (to decorate)

desiccated coconut* (to decorate)

cacao powder (to decorate)

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In a pan on medium heat combine Sunbeam walnuts, butter and honey until candied, set aside to cool.
Preheat oven to 220c and cut the beetroot into quarters. Cover beetroot in olive oil, season with salt and bake for 30 mins.
Remove skin of orange and slice into segments, crumble goats cheese.
Once beetroot is cool combine salad ingredients with candied walnuts, dress with olive oil.

Preheat oven to 180ºC.

Place the carrots and corn in a large pot of boiling water and cook for 5 minutes or until almost tender. Add asparagus and zucchini and cook for 2 minutes. Drain well and place in serving dish.
Combine butter, apricots, Brazil nuts and chives in a saucepan and cook until nuts have begun to brown. Pour over cooked baby vegetables and toss to coat. Serve.

Pre-heat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Line the base and sides of a 10 x 20cm loaf pan.
Combine butter, eggs and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Whisk well. Add flour and mix until just combined.
Fold in the ricotta, apricots and thyme. Spoon into prepared pan and sprinkle the top with almonds and thyme. Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool slightly before removing from the pan.

Pre-heat oven to 170°C (150°C fan-forced). Combine nuts and seeds in a large bowl with salt and spices.
Combine oil and maple syrup and tip over nut mixture. Toss well.
Spread onto a lined oven tray and bake for 12 minutes, tossing occasionally until toasted. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

Place pine nuts and sesame seeds in a small frying pan and cook for 5 minutes until golden and toasted. Set aside.
Combine the cabbage, apples, spring onions, raisins and mint in a large mixing bowl and toss well.
Whisk together the oil and vinegar. Season to taste. Pour over apple mixture and toss well. Spoon onto serving platter and sprinkle with toasted seeds and nuts and some additional mint leaves.

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