Fruit & Nut Mini Christmas Pudding Bites recipe

280g mixed dried fruit soaked overnight in the juice of half an orange (and a little sloe gin!) - we used dates, raisins, sultanas & cranberries
250g toasted nuts, whizzed in a processor until ground (or leave a little texture if you like) - we used mainly almonds & pecans
1 orange (zested & juiced) - zest first then use half the juice to soak the dried fruit and the other half to make the icing
1 lemon (just zest)
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
a good grating nutmeg
150g icing sugar, sifted
a good squeeze orange juice
thyme leaves for decoration

Quick & easy no-cook festive snack made of fruit & nuts

Method

Preheat your oven to 180C and toast your nuts for 5 minutes before whizzing in a food processor until ground (do leave a little texture if you like).

Whizz up the fruit in the processor, add the ground nuts, zest and spices and combine.

Form into small balls and place in the fridge to set.

To make the icing, mix the sifted icing sugar with enough orange juice to make a thick paste then drizzle on top.

Finish off with a few thyme leaves if you like