XMAS RECIPES

I have sat all evening glued to the television which was full of cookery programmes, I switched from Nigella to Jamie and just drooled over some of the dishes they cooked.
It made me think back to my years of teaching cookery and the cholatey recipes that went down so well. So for those of you still looking for some simple idea's here are a couple of recipes for you.

RUM TRUFFLES
4 ozs. Plain Chocolate
2 ozs. Butter
2 tbls Rum
2 Egg yolks
1 oz Ground almonds
1 oz Cake crumbs
8 ozs. Icing sugar
Cocoa.
Break the chocolate into pieces melt with the butter in a microwave bowl on High power for 3 mins.
Stir in remaining ingredients and roll into balls, then toss in cocoa, vermicelli etc.

CHOCOLATE FUDGE
8 ozs. Icing sugar
2 ozs Margarine
2 ozs. Chocolate
2tbls milk
Place all the ingredients in a microwaveable bowl,melt on high power for about 2 mins.
Stir very well , add nuts, cherries etc. and pour into a shallow dish to set.
Cut into squares.