Chocolate balls with black rice
Cibo e terra — di Laura La Monaca
The crunchy puffed black rice makes these chocolate balls very tasty.

The crunchy puffed black rice makes these chocolate balls very tasty.
100 g of dark chocolate
1/2 a cup of tahini
2 spoonful of sugar
1 pinch of salt
1 teaspoonful of olive oil
1/2 a cup of black rice
Melt the chocolate in a bain marie. Mix the chocolate, tahini, sugar and salt and let the mixture cool until it is solid, for about 20 minutes.
In the meantime, heat the oil in a small frying pan. When it is warm cook the rice keeping on stirring. After about 1 minute the rice will crackle and become puffed. When you obtain puffed rice place it in a plate with a few sheets of kitchen paper. The rice should be crunchy.
Form the chocolate balls using your hands and a spoon. Let them cool for about 5 minutes and then roll the balls on puffed rice. Keep them in the fridge and let them sit at room temperature for about 10 minutes before serving.