Edible gift

It's with a fair bit of trepidation that I blog about these delightfully sweet Christmas Puddini Bonbons from Nigella's Nigella Christmas. I Googled this name and came up with lots of blogs of of this same recipe from plenty of people who are both more artistic and camera savvy than I am.

Nevertheless, here I am with my version. Proving I think, that even someone with nary an artistic bone can manage to rustle up something that can still look cute enough to give away as a gift.

I've had a tin of Christmas pudding in the pantry for years. It's just been sitting there goading me. Too good to toss, but not interesting enough to eat. Until now. Of course, if these were to be gifts I needed to make sure the quality of the product was up to standard. Happily yes, this is the case. I did want to use the whole tin, so had to mess around with the original quantities. Maths not being my strong point, I had to ask for help, but it was good help, because these turned out wonderfully.

Christmas Puddini Bonbons

1 x 500g tin Christmas pudding
190g dark chocolate, broken up (that gives you one piece to sample)
90ml quality sherry
50ml golden syrup

for decoration;
100g white chocolate (could have done with a little more I think)
red glace cherries
green glace cherries

Using a spoon break up the pudding and stir in the sherry and syrup. Meanwhile melt the dark chocolate and then add this to the pudding mixture. Leave it to set in the fridge for a little to make it easier to roll, which should only take a few minutes.

While this is happening you can cut the red and green cherries. The green into something like leaf shapes, the red into roundish shapes.

Now roll the pudding mixture into little truffle size balls.

Melt the white chocolate gently and drizzle with a teaspoon a little of this over each mini pud. Working quickly (well quicker than I did) get two little bits of green and one red cherry piece onto each pudding before the white chocolate firms up.

Makes 46

I'm a shocker at making things look pretty and getting things the same shape and size. In spite of this failing, these little treats can still end up looking appealing. I feel confident the receivers will be pleased.