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Saffron and Vanilla Balls
Saffron and Vanilla Balls
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Swedes are crazy about saffron treats, and you can find them all year around. These wonderful saffron and vanilla balls are covered in white chocolate and dipped in coconut flakes. What can be a better way to enjoy a "Swedish Fika" than with these tasty little treats. This recipe is an adaptation of the popular arak balls that in Sweden can be found in any café or coffee shop.

Ingredient List for 6 servings:
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0.5 gr Saffron
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150 gr Graham cookies
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1 teaspoon Vanilla sugar
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60 gr Icing sugar
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0.5 teaspoon Vanilla extract
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120 gr Butter
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200 gr White chocolate
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100 gr Grated coconut flakes
Instructions:
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Make cookie crumbles of the cookies with a hand blender.
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Mix the crumbles with, vanilla sugar, icing sugar and the saffron.
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Add the butter and vanilla extract and mix well.
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Roll medium size balls and place in the fridge for 1 hour.
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Melt the chocolate.
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Pour the coconut in a bowl.
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Roll the balls first in the chocolate and then in the coconut.
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Place in the fridge for 1 hour.
A selection of recipes from the same country.
This recipe is from Sweden
This is a different version of the classical Swedish cheese pie called ”Västerbotten paj” as it is not using the same cheese. The pie is best served cold as a side dish in a buffet. This is one of the main ingredients at the popular celebration in august called ”kräftskiva” when you eat a lot of seafood, but you can also serve it for eastern and midsummer celebrations.
If you have a sweet tooth this is a dessert for you. It has a biscuit bottom, in the middle you find the popular caramel sauce dulce de leche, and the top contains whip cream sprinkled with crumbles of a daim bar. Raspberry on the top gives an extra touch to the dessert. If you don't want to spend 3 hours boiling a can of sweetened condensed milk to become dulce de leche sauce, you can by it already prepared.
A soft saffron cake with white chocolate topping. This cake is hard to resist so it is good to cut it in mall squares so you can take several pieces. It is a perfect winter dessert. It is a perfect ending of a party dinner as for example for the end of year parties.
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