Golden Granita Fruit Balls Recipes

SIMPLE FRUIT JUICE GRANITA

Steps:

• Mix sugar and water together in a glass, microwave-safe, 8x8-inch dish. Microwave on high for 2 minutes. Mix with a fork until all sugar is dissolved. Stir in juice.
• Freeze for 1 hour. Scrape mixture with a fork. Return to the freezer in increments of 30 minutes, scraping with a fork to create small granules after each one. The granita is ready when it resembles icy sand, about 3 hours total.

GOLDEN GRANITA FRUIT BALLS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine biscuits, fruit, desiccated coconut and rice bubbles.
• In a saucepan add condensed milk, butter and golden syrup and heat over medium heat for a couple of minutes, stirring constantlly, until butter melts then cook, stirring, for a further 3 minutes. Pour onto dry ingredients and stir until combined. Let cool slightly.
• When mixture cools, roll spoonfuls into balls and toss in shredded coconut until coated. Place onto a tray and refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm.

APRICOT DREAM BALLS

Steps:

• Place the fruit medley, dried apricots and coconut milk in a food processor and process until the mixture comes together.
• Add a small amount extra cocnut milk if needed for a rollable consistency.
• Shape into balls and roll in the coconut. Refrigerate until firm.

PISTACHIO FRUIT BALLS

Steps:

• Roast the pistachios in a preheated 250 degree oven in a single layer on a baking sheet for 8 to 10 minutes, rolling the nuts every few minutes.
• Let the pistachios cool completely.
• Chop the pistachios using pulse mode of a food processor, until fine but not powdery.
• Divide pistachios in half and set aside.
• Dice apricots and dates then toss in a large bowl with the other dried fruits to make it easier to grind together uniformly.
• Put the dried fruits through a grinder using a medium grind.
• Combine 1/2 of the pistachios into the mixture.
• Add the orange juice and Cassis and combine by hand until evenly distributed.
• Shape the mixture into 1" balls and roll the balls in the remaining pistachios.

RAW VEGAN CHOCOLATE FRUIT BALLS

Steps:

• Mix the coconut and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside for rolling.
• Put all other ingredients in a food processor, and slowly add in the orange juice if it doesn't bind together completely.
• Roll into small balls and coat with the coconut mixture.
• Store in a sealed glass container in the fridge.

COCONUT FRUIT BALLS

Steps:

• Finely chopped sultanas, dates and apricots and place them in a mixing bowl. Mix well.
• Add cinnamon and mix well.
• Add enough condensed milk (roughly a tablespoon) to make it sticky so the fruit sticks together more easily.
• Place a teaspoon of mixture in palm of hand and mould/squish/squeezing mixture into a small ball.
• Place desiccated coconut on plate and roll balls in desiccated coconut, coating the whole ball.
• Store in refrigerator until your ready to use.
• Enjoy.

DRIED FRUIT BALLS

Steps:

• In a food processor, finely chop dates, figs, prunes/apricots and raisins.
• In a medium bowl, mix chopped fruit with nuts and seeds.
• Stir in lemon juice.
• Shape into 1/2-1" balls.
• Roll in coconut.
• Dry in your dehydrator at 135º for 4 to 6 hours, or until crisp on the outside.

FRUIT GRANITA

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a deep-sided metal pan, and place in freezer, uncovered, until it is nearly set, at least 4 hours, whisking mixture every hour.
• Remove mixture from freezer, and scrape surface with the tines of a fork until it is the texture of shaved ice. (Mixture can be frozen overnight without whisking; remove from freezer in the morning, and let sit at room temperature about 10 minutes to allow it to slightly soften before scraping with a fork.) Serve.