Sunday 19 October 2008

Raw apple cake, nettle tea, choco-banana-bliss truffles

The guys next door have an apple based diet at the moment as they are harvesting an orchard. Sally has an ingenious use for the pulp which remains from juicing, she adds cinnamon, avocado and sultanas to create a raw apple cake, which is totally delish, very much like apple strudel.
It seems to work as breakfast and a raw pudding. I am inspired by their natural frugality and use of ingredients, whatever is available, so nettle tea becomes the drink of choice.

So our new relationship as co-tenants has a strong food theme, lol. My contribution was some choco-banana-bliss truffles, so a contrast there in term of the sourcing of the ingredients. However, they were much appreciated and went down well.

I find that with raw puddings, desserts and treats it's so easy, you can't get it wrong it seems. Unlike conventional baking where there is the baking time and temperature which is a critical factor, with raw it's all in the prep. So a matter of taking one's ingredients and combining to achieve one's preferred taste and texture, then there is the fun, the play of presentation, in this case rolling gooey balls into powdered chocolate, wonderful.

Here's the recipe & method:
Pulverise cacao nibs into powder using blender.
Same with goji berries and mixed seeds.
Melt raw honey in a small plastic bowl by letting it sit in a larger bowl of hot water.
Mash bananas with a fork, the riper the better.
Combine to your taste and texture preference, I like to add a little cinnamon powder.
Chill mixture in fridge for 30 mins.
Roll in cacao powder, keep chilled and consume quickly!

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