SNOWBALLS (BOULES DE NEIGE )

These are great special treats in the run up to christmas or packaged in cellophane bag as a gift ... Actually these are great any time of the year as part of petits four . Oh did I mention how simple these are to prepare ? Preheat your oven to 160 deg C . Line a baking tray with baking paper . Combine 1/2 cup of tigernut flour (which I used , or alternatively almond meal or a combination of almond meal and hazelnut meal to make 1/2 cup .) Mix in 3/4 cup of icing sugar and 1 egg white , with a wooden spoon to make a firm paste . Place 1/4 cup of icing sugar in a bowl and roll teaspoonful measures of the mixture into a ball and roll through the icing sugar and then place on the lined oven tray . Bake for 10 minutes until well puffed . Dust with icing sugar , cool and transfer to an airtight container .