The Original MacStachio Balls ©

 The Original MacStachio Balls ©

This is a delicious dessert to snack on.
If you love Macadamia nuts,
and if you love Pistachio nuts,
then this is a love ball just for you.

This has a nice pasty and crunchy delight to it.
The hazelnut in the middle is a pleasant surprise,
and the dominating taste of Pistachio invokes fluttering feelings of love.

Do enjoy!

This delightful piece of art requires a freezer,
as the chocolate tends to melt and the butter becomes creamy.
This recipe makes 20 bite size balls of pure love.

Using a food processor;

Making Macadamia nut butter

Process 1 cup Macadamia nuts with a quarter cashew nuts.
Butter will form very fast, and will be creamy and sticky.

Making Pistachio nut Paste

Process 1 cup Pistachio nuts with a quarter cashew nuts.
This will take awhile to process, and eventually turns pasty.

I added to the mix some trimmings of vanilla stick using scissors.

Mixture Blend

On a piece of baking parchment,
I covered the parchment with coconut flour,
and on top of that I placed the creamy Macadamia butter and pasty Pistachio.
As I mesh the two together, the coconut flour helps make it less sticky.

I add to this mesh of nuts half a cup of cocoa nibs,
and kneaded them together until the whole batter is evenly filled with nibs.

Forming the Balls

When I formed the balls,
I insert in the middle one dry roasted hazelnut.

I clump it into a small ball
and then I roll it in chocolate melted in a sauce pan.

This ratio of butters and the formation of small bit size balls,
gave us 20 balls to enjoy.

Ingredients used:

- Raw Macadamia nuts
- Raw Pistachio nuts
- Raw Cashew nuts
- Raw Cocoa nibs
- Dry roasted Hazelnuts

- Coconut flour
- Chocolate sauce
- Vanilla stick (trimmings)

Chocolate sauce ingredients:
[4oz bitter chocolate melted with 2 tbsp coconut oil, and a tbsp of raw coconut nectar]

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