Christmas Wild Turkey BallsA Wild Alternative to Rum Balls
By Jody Allen
Christmas Wild Turkey Balls
I went to make my yearly Rum Ball recipe the other day. Except I didn’t have any rum. I don’t drink enough to warrant going and buying a whole other bottle just to make them, so I thought I’d make do with what I had. Twelve years ago I bought a one litre bottle of Wild Turkey – which is my favourite except I don’t really drink (hangovers!)
I had 1/4 bottle of it left and gave it a whirl. Well, goodbye Rum Balls, because the Wild Turkey Balls were so much more…. Christmassy!
To me, the smell of Christmas has always been mixed fruit-infused alcohol. Funnily enough, it is a childhood memory – Mum would soak the fruit for weeks on end and would keep adding booze every week until the dried fruit would literally pickle you when you ate them. I pretty much do the same thing now!
You can freeze these – but make them now and keep them in the fridge to ‘mature’ so they are really strong for Christmas Day!
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Please Note Nutritional information is provided as a guide only and may not be accurate.
Nutritional information does not include the following ingredients:
- Weetbix Biscuits
- Condensed Milk
- Wild Turkey Whiskey
| NUTRITION INFORMATION | ||
|---|---|---|
| Qty per 8g serve |
Qty per 100g |
|
| Energy | 238kJ | 3055kJ |
| Protein | 0.33g | 4.28g |
| Fat,total | 1.8g | 23.1g |
| -saturated | 1.53g | 19.57g |
| Carbohydrate | 4.18g | 53.69g |
| -sugars | 3.23g | 41.42g |
| Dietary Fibre | 0.53g | 6.83g |
| Sodium | 13.2mg | 169.3mg |
Ingredients
- 8 Weetbix Biscuits
- 1/2 cup Desiccated Coconut
- 400 grams Condensed Milk
- 1 cup Dried Fruit (the Sort You Buy For Fruit Cakes)
- 2 tbsp Cacao Powder
- 2/3 cups Wild Turkey Whiskey
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Method
Method:
- Place the dried fruit into a sealable container, pour over the Wild Turkey. Mix well.
- Seal and place in the fridge for a few days - allowing the fruit to absorb the alcohol.
- Crush the Weetbix in a large bowl. Add the cacao powder, the condensed milk and the coconut.
- Pour the dried fruit into a strainer and then add to the mix.
- Mix until combined.
- Roll in teaspoon mounds, roll to make a ball and cover in coconut or cocoa (depends on how you want them to look!).
- Place the balls in the fridge to harden.
- Allow to mature in the fridge (good for up to 8 weeks)