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| Course | Dessert |
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| Main ingredients | Cake orbiscuit material,cocoa, binding ingredient (fat withjam orcondensed milk),chocolate,rum |
Rum balls are atruffle-like confectionery cake ofcookie butter flavoured withchocolate andrum. They are roughly the size of agolf ball and often coated in chocolatesprinkles, desiccatedcoconut, orcocoa. As their name implies, these treats contain rum. Because they are not baked, the alcohol flavour and kick are not neutralized during preparation. Rum balls are especially popular during the holiday season.
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Rum balls are a popularChristmas treat inEngland,Australia,Canada,Germany,New Zealand, theUnited States,Austria,Slovenia,Hungary,Greece and theCzech Republic. InDenmark they are enjoyed year round and known as eitherromkugle,trøffel orsputnik, depending on the specific region.[1] InPoland, also not necessarily associated with Christmas, the rum ball is known asbajadera (not to be confused with aCroatian confectionof the same name).
There are many different ways to make rum balls, as recipes vary from region to region and family to family. All rum balls must include chocolate and rum, but the rest of the ingredients vary in kind, form, and amount.
To make rum balls, the cake (orbiscuit) material is crushed and mixed with fat, cocoa and a moist binding ingredient, such asjam orcondensed milk. Other optional ingredients can also be added, such asnuts. When the mixture holds together firmly, it is rolled into balls and then coated.
In Hungary they are made in a similar way, but usually rolled insugar. Groundwalnut andraisins are sometimes added to the rum ball ingredients. Some Hungarian rum balls are made with whole cherries placed inside the balls, and then rolled in coconut flakes (Hungarian:kókuszgolyó).
Rum balls closely resemblebrigadeiros, a Brazilian sweet as they both usually contain condensed milk and cocoa powder. Brigadeiros, however, also include butter, whereas rum balls always contain rum and crushed biscuits or cake material, and often also dessicated coconut and raisins.
The world's largest rum ball was created in Mejdal, Denmark on 11 June 2017, weighing 31 kg (68 lb).[2]
