Ingredients:

• Ground Almonds – 75g (3oz)
• Icing Sugar – 100g (4 oz)
• Chocolate powder or vanilla vermicelli – 1 tbsp
• 1 egg-yolk
• Evaporated Milk
• Coffee or vanilla essence

Method:

1. Mix the ground almonds, icing sugar, and chocolate powder in a bowl.
2. Put the egg yolk into a cup, add a few drops of evaporated milk, beat together, and then add a few drops of vanilla essence or 1/2 tsp of coffee essence.
3. Put this into the basin of mixture and using your hands, mix it into a soft dough. Leave this to get very cold; you could pop it into the fridge for half an hour.
4. Sprinkle a large sheet of greaseproof paper with a little more chocolate powder, or vanilla vermicelli is better to use if you have any.
5. Shape the mixture into small balls and roll them in the powder or vermicelli.
6. If you have any paper cases, put the truffles into them.

Recipe courtesy of Shahana