Nonna Romana Sciddurlo’s No-Bake Almond San Marzano Balls

This incredibly easy recipe was created by my Nonna Romana and perfected by my mother, Angela. Ground almonds are mixed in cocoa powder, sugar, and San Marzano, a liqueur from Puglia that my family has been using for many years to garnish gelato. We used to have to smuggle San Marzano into the United States ourselves, but now it’s becoming more readily available here. It was my mother who had the brilliant idea to use hot cocoa mix or Nesquick to easily ach