Kartoffelchen

The recipe of these simple to make kartoffelchen, was given to me by one of my close friends from Kazakhstan when she visited me. She had prepared them and brought this quick dessert for a BBQ party at my place. I was so amazed when i had the first bite, (it was neither too hard nor too soft) and even more amazed when i got to know its ingredients and the procedure of making them. A successful marriage of biscuits and cocoa powder and an ideal party dessert treat to enjoy! I am sure you would appreciate its preparation as well....

Ingredients for 50 kartoffelchen

Plain biscuits or Marie biscuits - 400 gms
Ground Hazelnuts or Almonds - 1/2 cup
Butter(melted) - 200 gms
Cocoa powder or Nutella or melted chocolate - 1/2 cup
Egg (beaten) - 1
Sugar - 2 tbsp

Preparation
1. Powder or crush the biscuits in a blender.

2. To this, add the powdered Hazelnuts, cocoa pwder(i used nutella), egg, sugar.

 3. Finally add the melted butter.

4. Mix well using your hand into a crumby mixture.

5. Make small and firm balls out  of this mixture.

6. Now comes the most interesting part, these kartoffelchen have to be kept in a deep freezer(minimum for half an hour), packed in a freezer bag or a zip-lock bag ! yes, you heard me right.

7. Keep them in a normal refrigerator 15 minutes before serving them. I used mini truffles paper forms for the feast to the eyes :)

Tips :
They stay good for about a month in the freezer !
So go ahead, prepare them in advance, well ahead of a party or take out the required quantity and serve these kartoffelchen to your unexpected guests. Isn't it amazing :)

This recipe goes straight to sugar high friday bite size dessert, guest hosted by Aparna and originally started by Jennifer 

  and to Nithu's Celebrate Sweets- Ladoo originally started by Nivedita.