Festive balls

When I was a child, near my family lived a lady of Slavic descent who lived alone. Every now and then she would come to visit us and sometimes, she would bring us some pastries she had made. I remember Krapfen with jam worthy of the best bakery!

A few years ago I found in the recipes the one for “Festive Balls,” small truffles that made many children and adults happy at kids' birthdays.

In the photos you can also see balls made with white chocolate or pistachio cream. In this case, instead of cocoa, put either 100 g of white chocolate (maybe put it a little in the freezer so it is easier to chop) or 130 g of pistachio cream.

Ingredients:

• 250 g mascarpone cheese

• 100 g butter

• 200 g gluten-free powdered sugar

• 2 egg yolks

• 100 g gluten-free cocoa (in variants, replace it with 100 g white chocolate or 130 g pistachio cream)

• 250/300 g gluten-free dry cookies

• Liquor (optional)

• Chocolate or colored sprinkles or momperilla or coconut (again, check that they are gluten-free)

Beat the mascarpone cheese with the room temperature butter, sugar and egg yolks until well blended.

Then add the cocoa, liqueur and chopped cookies, mixing very well. We need to obtain a rather dense mixture with which to make balls the size of a walnut to be passed later in the sprinkles or momperilla.

Let's put them in a container that should be closed and stored in the refrigerator for at least an hour.

The topping of the balls can be different according to taste; chopped nuts can also be used. We can also freeze them to take out when we have an occasion.

You will find it hard to resist!