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Coconut Ice Balls

This is a version of coconut ice without condensed milk or egg whites. I find that the ball shape makes it easier for the boys to hold and eat, and these look great for gifts, or to decorate cakes/cupcakes 🙂

Note that the pictures in this batch have balls in different sizes as I made them to top a cake 🙂

Add sugar, milk and salt in bowl.

Heat 5 minutes/60 degrees/Speed 2.

Heat a further 5 minutes/100 degrees/Speed 2.

Add desiccated coconut and mix 20 seconds/Speed 4/reverse.

Remove half the white mixture into a separate bowl…

…and add the pink food colouring in with the remaining half of the mixture – mix 5 seconds/Speed 4/reverse.

Spoon out pink mixture into a separate bowl.

Leave the mixture to cool to room temperature (you can quicken it up in the fridge but don’t let it get too cold or it will be hard to shape).

Once at room temperature, with wet hands, roll mixture into teaspoon sized balls – pink, white, or a marbling of pink/white.

Place in fridge to set.

Coconut Ice Balls

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Ingredients

700 grams sugar
300 grams coconut milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
510 grams desiccated coconut
1/4 teaspoon pink food colouring

Instructions

Add sugar, milk and salt in bowl. Heat 5 minutes/60 degrees/Speed 2.

Heat a further 5 minutes/100 degrees/Speed 2.

Add desiccated coconut and mix 20 seconds/Speed 4/reverse.

Remove half the white mixture into a separate bowl, and add the pink food colouring in with the remaining half of the mixture - mix 5 seconds/Speed 4/reverse. Spoon out pink mixture into a separate bowl.

Leave the mixture to cool to room temperature (you can quicken it up in the fridge but don't let it get too cold or it will be hard to shape).

Once at room temperature, with wet hands, roll mixture into teaspoon sized balls - pink, white, or a marbling of pink/white.

Place in fridge to set.

Notes

*Once set in the fridge, the balls hold shape at room temperature and can be kept at either room temperature or in the fridge. **You can make this into a normal coconut ice slice layering the white layer and pink layer, setting in fridge and cutting into squares.

October 29, 2016 By Sophia Brown

Healthy/ Non Thermomix/ Sweets/ Thermomix

Chocolate Brownie Bliss Balls

Chocolate healthy goodness!!!! I’ve always wanted to try Cocoa Nibs, so was very excited to get them and create something with them!! They are very readily available now from Aldi, Coles/Woolies and Health Food shops.

Cocoa Nibs have a crunchy texture and are full of antioxidants, magnesium and nutrients! If you don’t have them readily available, then you can substitute with nuts (i.e. almonds, hazelnuts) or seeds (i.e sunflower, pepitas).

If you want to make these gluten free, you can buy gluten free oats, or use quinoa flakes instead of the oats.

Add all the above ingredients into your bowl.

Blitz 1 minute/Speed 8.

With damp hands, use a metal teaspoon to measure out the crumb-like texture, squeeze the mixture in your hand and shape into a ball.

Place in fridge (or freezer) to set.

Chocolate Brownie Bliss Balls

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Ingredients

100 grams oats
10 grams chia seeds
200 grams medjool dates (pitted)
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
40 grams cocoa nibs
20 grams cacoa powder/cocoa
30 grams coconut oil

Instructions

METHOD (Thermomix):

Add all the above ingredients into your bowl.

Blitz 1 minute/Speed 8.

With damp hands, use a metal teaspoon to measure out the crumb-like texture, squeeze the mixture in your hand and shape into a ball.

Place in fridge (or freezer) to set.

METHOD (Blender):

Add all the above ingredients into your bowl.

Blitz on the highest setting until all of the ingredients have combined to your desired consistency.

With damp hands, use a metal teaspoon to measure out the crumb-like texture, squeeze the mixture in your hand and shape into a ball.

Place in fridge (or freezer) to set.

Notes

- Medjool dates differ in dryness, so you may need to add 5 - 10 grams more coconut oil/1-2 extra dates if the mixture comes out dry, or add 5 - 10 grams more 'dry' ingredients (oats, cocoa nibs) if the mixture comes out too sticky to shape into the balls. - You can use pitted dates instead of Medjool dates (they are not as sweet as Medjool so add about 20 grams honey with it)

June 19, 2016 By Sophia Brown

Main Meal/ Steaming/ Thermomix

Taiwanese Rice Balls

This is my mum’s recipe for Taiwanese Rice Balls! These are soooo much easier than it looks and look AMAZE-BALLS!!!

These are great to eat with baby cos lettuce leaves as a healthy main meal, can also be served as an impressive entree, a cocktail style party food, and can also make for a very impressive lunchbox meal!

Water chestnuts can be bought from Coles/Woolies – usually in a 230 gram tin. I have put 100 grams in the list of ingredients which is approximately half of the tin (and freeze the other half for the next time you make these).

Fish paste can be bought from your local Chinese grocery shop – scroll down to the bottom of this page for a photo of the fish paste used. You can also make your own with certain types of fish – here is a good Thermomix recipe to make your own fish paste (Steps 1 to 3 and use 330 grams for this recipe).

These rice balls taste like very moist Chinese meat balls usually served with noodle soup, with a little bit of crunch from the water chestnuts, and added texture from the rice coating. They are delicious served warm but also taste fantastic at room temp or cold from the fridge. They are great served with a dipping sauce i.e sweet chilli sauce.