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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 balls 13g Recipe makes 36 balls) The following items or measurements are not included below: 1/2 cup sesame paste
Calories 27
Calories from Fat 0		(1%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 0.0g	0%
	Saturated Fat 0.0g	0%
	Monounsaturated Fat 0.0g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 0.0g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg		0%
Sodium 0mg		0%
Potassium 65mg		1%
Total Carbohydrate 7.4g		2%
	Dietary Fiber 0.8g	3%
	Sugars 6.3g
Protein 0.3g		0%
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Date Truffles (Madgooga)

Recipe #279165 | 15 min | 15 min prep | add private note

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By: hoda
Jan 15, 2008

This recipe is easy to make and popular in Iraq since one of the things that Iraq is famous for is dates. We have lots of varieties and kinds of dates from chewy to very hard. It is better to use this recipe with hard type of dates (called kasab) not soft, but you could use soft dates if you didn't find hard dates. Sometimes Ii use already-crushed dates from the market and it goes well too. There are lots of varieties for the coating of the truffles, use as many coatings as you like according to your personal taste.

36 balls (change servings and units)

Ingredients

2 cups pitted dates, hard type
1/2 cup sesame paste
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom

coating

plain cocoa powder
icing sugar
ground coffee, not espresso
sesame seed
shredded coconut
ground nuts (pistachio, walnuts, hazelnuts, cashew nut, peanuts and almonds)

Directions

1
Put all ingredients in a bowl.
2
Grind the mixture with meat grinder finely
3
Shape the dates into small balls 2 cm in diameter with slightly oiled hand with vegetable oil (I like to shape them roughly so they are not so perfect balls).
4
Roll the truffles in your selected coating and place on parchment paper or tray.
5
Put the truffles in small decorative paper cups and arrange them in the serving plate.
6
If you bought dates that are already ground and pitted, you don't need to grind them in the meat grinder, simply knead ingredients together by hand or you can grind it again by the meat grinder.

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From: mliss29

On Apr 12, 2008

These are really good! I only made half a batch because my food processor is little, but I used the full amout of cardamom. Wow! These were good! Reviewed for Pick-A-Chef

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From: Cathleen Colbert

On Dec 15, 2008

Used a food processor in place of the food grinder. Couldn't afford cardamom so I used half cinnamon and half nutmeg. I used cocoa, coffee, sesame seeds and coconut to coat them. My DB said he liked the sesame the best. He ate two before I could save them.

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