Fennel sugar plums

Name: Fennel sugar plums
Ingredients: 200 g shelled walnuts; 70 g pitted dates, chopped; 70 g dried apricots, chopped; 70 g prunes, chopped; Finely grated zest of 1 orange; ½ tsp salt; 1½ tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg; ½ tsp ground allspice; ¼ tsp ground coriander; 1½ tsp fennel seeds; 3 tbsp caster sugar

Preparation info

Makes about
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Year at Otter Farm

By Mark Diacono

Published 2014

About

The first time I made sugar plums, I dropped one and it almost hit the dog on the back of the head, he was so fast in snaffling it. Everyone, even Harris, likes sugar plums it seems. The spices give it just the right amount of autumn for October and few things go so well with a coffee.

Ingredients

200 g shelled walnuts
70 g pitted dates, chopped
70 g</

Chocolate
Gluten-free
Vegan
Winter
December
Autumn
October
November

Method

Briefly zap the nuts in a food processor to break them up into small pieces. Add the dates, apricots, prunes, orange zest, salt and spices and pulse to blend until minced together to form a thick paste. Transfer to a bowl and allow to rest for a few minutes.

Meanwhile, for the fennel sugar, pound the fennel seeds with a pestle and mortar until they start to break apart, then mix with th