Ok, I know, I’m so late with this post for Shavuot! It’s been 3 weeks since my favorite holiday has passed, and I haven’t got the chance to blog about the little cuties I’ve made.

This Shavuot went by without a decent dairy celebration, a thing I like so much. My mom was abroad, and we had a not so dairy dinner with Avi’s family. We’ve been invited by my friend, Hadas, who is a great cook by the way, for a Shavuot brunch at her and her husband’s place, but unfortunately we weren’t able to make it.

With all that being said, I couldn’t let this wonderful holiday go by without even mentioning it with a little something I made. Yet another problem here - there’s no oven in our current apartment (at the end of this week this will be solved by the way, we’re moving to our new apartment! Yay!!), and also I still don’t have my mixer back. So it got to me finally, that about the only thing I COULD do is some truffles, well not exactly the old fashioned truffles, made from chocolate ganache, but truffles adapted for Shavuot - containing ricotta cheese and chocolate. You can call them chocolate-cheese spheres if you like.

Those of you who like the taste blend of chocolate and cheese will love these little spheres of goodness. Those of you who don’t - there’s a good chance you’ll love them too :). The cheese’s taste is quite mild, and won’t overwhelm you there, what you’ll feel mostly is the chocolate, with a hint of refreshment - that’s where the cheese kicks in. So easy to make, and they so helped me ease the urge of mentioning the holiday in making something sweet and dairy.

The recipe calls for petit beurre biscuits, if you can’t find them where you live, you can easily substitute them with Graham Crackers or something similar.

Cheese and Chocolate Spheres / Self Recipe
For about 50 spheres of the size seen in the photos

Ingredients:
250 gr Petit Beurre biscuits (or Graham Crackers), coarsely crashed
250 gr Ricotta cheese, at room temperature
100 gr biterweet chocolate, melted
4-5 Tbsp milk
4 Tbsp powdered sugar
1 Tbsp chocolate liqueur (or any other)

For Topping:
Coconut shreds / Powdered sugar / Cocoa powder

Directions:
1. Combine all ingredients together into a uniform mixture.
2. Form spheres of the preferred size.
3. Roll them into a bowl containing your chosen topping.
4. Let cool in the fridge for 4 hours.

כדורי גבינה ושוקולד / מתכון עצמי
עבור כ - 50 כדורים בגודל הנראה בצילומים

רכיבים:
250 גרם ביסקויטים, מרוסקים גס
250 גרם גבינת ריקוטה או טוב-טעם, בטמפ’ החדר
100 גרם שוקולד מריר, מומס
4-5 כפות חלב
4 כפות אבקת סוכר
1 כף ליקר שוקולד (או כל ליקר אחר)

לציפוי:
שבבי קוקוס / אבקת סוכר / אבקת קקאו

הכנה:
1. מערבבים יחדיו את כל הרכיבים.
2. יוצרים כדורים בגודל הרצוי.
3. מגלגלים בשבבי קוקוס / אבקת סוכר / אבקת קקאו.
4. מקררים למשך 4 שעות.

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