Purple Sweet Potato and Nut Balls
These Purple Sweet Potato and Nut Balls feature a soft, purple sweet potato shell wrapped around a creamy, crunchy nut filling.
Histoire
The roasted nuts and cream cheese create a rich, fragrant center that contrasts beautifully with the smooth purple sweet potato dough. Rolling the balls in toasted white sesame seeds adds a delightful nutty aroma and a gentle crunch to every bite.
Ingrédients
Purple sweet potato
Walnuts
Milk
Cream cheese
Peanuts
Black sesame seeds
White sesame seeds
White sugar
Instructions
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Step 1
Shell the walnuts and peanuts, then roast in an oven at 150 degrees for 3 minutes; the black and white sesame seeds are different in size from the walnuts and peanuts, so roast them separately until fragrant (walnuts and peanuts can also be fried over low heat until cooked).
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Step 2
Put the roasted walnuts, peanuts, and black sesame seeds into a blender; do not grind them completely during mixing, as a grainy texture tastes more fragrant.
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Step 3
Beat the room-temperature softened cream cheese with an electric mixer until the volume expands,
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Step 4
Mix the white sugar with the crushed nuts, then add to the beaten cream cheese and stir evenly to make a nut filling.
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Step 5
Peel the purple sweet potato and cut into thin slices, place in a dish and heat in the microwave on high for 8 minutes until cooked (or steam over water), then mash into a puree with a spoon.
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Step 6
The purple sweet potato puree heated in the microwave will be relatively dry, so add an appropriate amount of milk.
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Step 7
Adjust until it reaches a state where it can be easily rolled into a ball.
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Step 8
Take a piece of dough, place it on plastic wrap, and shape it by hand into a hollow.
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Step 9
Add the nut filling into the hollow.
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Step 10
Gather the plastic wrap, and keep rotating it in your hand while sealing to make the purple sweet potato ball into a firm, uniform round ball.
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Step 11
Open the plastic wrap and place it in the roasted white sesame seeds.
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Step 12
Press gently so that the white sesame seeds stick to the surface of the purple sweet potato ball.
