What do you do when the husband mumble about wanting to take a plate to his office morning tea at 9 p.m in the night?
My first reaction was to clobber him on the head with a blunt weapon. However, you dont do that to the man who you are married to for 34 years so I grit my teeth and head for the pantry
I had to come up with something and I had to take a dish to a Christmas party I was attending the next day. Taking a platter of strawberries with a store bought chocolate dip was not going to happen as shops were closed at the time.
I rummaged in the pantry and found a can of crushed pineapple and I remembered a dish I had first made using the recipe on the back of a Dole's crushed pineapple. Bingo!
This is possibly the easiest, prettiest and a popular sweet I have made by tarting up the original recipe from the back of the can. I've made the basic version, a gluten free version, a dairy free version and a paleo version which is popular with the figure/diet/wellness concious lot that I associate with.
Unfortunately there is NO sugarfree version. After all it is a Christmas platter
Tropical Coconut truffles - Basic version:
My first reaction was to clobber him on the head with a blunt weapon. However, you dont do that to the man who you are married to for 34 years so I grit my teeth and head for the pantry
I had to come up with something and I had to take a dish to a Christmas party I was attending the next day. Taking a platter of strawberries with a store bought chocolate dip was not going to happen as shops were closed at the time.
I rummaged in the pantry and found a can of crushed pineapple and I remembered a dish I had first made using the recipe on the back of a Dole's crushed pineapple. Bingo!
This is possibly the easiest, prettiest and a popular sweet I have made by tarting up the original recipe from the back of the can. I've made the basic version, a gluten free version, a dairy free version and a paleo version which is popular with the figure/diet/wellness concious lot that I associate with.
Unfortunately there is NO sugarfree version. After all it is a Christmas platter
Tropical Coconut truffles - Basic version:
Ingredients:
1 can crushed pineapple
1 packet of Arnott's Marie Biscuits
1 can condensed milk
1.5 cups dessicated coconut (not too fine) - half cup for rolling and 1 cup for the mixture
half a tsp of cinnamon powder
Crush the biscuits in a food processor. Mix everything together in a large bowl. Make into balls and roll in coconut. Place in small foil cups
Tropical Coconut truffles - The Gluten free paleo version:
Substitute the Marie biscuits with 1 cup of LSA and 1 cup Almond meal
Tropical Coconut truffles - Dairy free Gluten free version:
Substitute the biscuits with 1 cup LSA and 1 cup almond meal and the condensed milk with condensed coconut milk
To further tart of the platter, I add stuffed dates (stuffed with a whole almond covered in store bought Marzipan and a punnet of strawberries with the store bought dip and Voila! you have a dessert platter to die for.
Didnt take photos so will add next time I make them. Sorry
