Fig and chocolate truffles

Make someone you love a delicious, home-made gift with these fig and chocolate truffles. These tasty treats are raw, rich and made from all natural ingredients - so none of the nasty additives, refined sugar and preservatives! So go ahead and surprise someone (or yourself) with something special.

INGREDIENTS

6 dried figs

Handful of pistachio nuts

Pinch of salt

2 tbsp coconut oil

Handful of raw almonds - soaked over night

Some extra pistachios chopped for the topping

Chocolate coating

1 tbsp coconut oil

½ cup raw cacao

INSTRUCTIONS

• Place all ingredients in a food processor and blitz till combined but not too mushy. Form mixture into balls.

• For the chocolate coating: mix the cacao and the coconut oil together in a bowl.(If the coconut oil is solid, just melt it by placing it into a bowl and then place that bowl inside another ¼ filled without water.

• Dip the balls in the chocolate mixture and remove white a fork.

• Place in a container lined with grease proof paper.

• Sprinkle some of the chopped nuts.

• Once you have made all the truffles, seal the container and place in the fridge to set. It makes about 12-16 truffles depending on how big you want them. They keep for unto 7 days in the fridge.