Chokladrutor med salt jordnötskaramell

Kombinationen krämig jordnöt och choklad går alltid hem — och inte minst här tillsammans med söt kokos!

Chokladrutor med salt jordnötskaramell

Ger ca 16 bitar

Chokladbotten

1 dl solroskärnor, rostade

2 dl havregryn

1 dl kakao

1 nypa flingsalt

16 färska dadlar, urkärnade

1/2 dl kokosolja

Jordnötskaramell

10 färska dadlar, urkärnade

1 dl jordnötssmör

3 msk kokosgrädde

1 nypa flingsalt

Chokladtopping

100 gram mörk choklad

1 msk kokosgrädde

Flingsalt

Gör såhär

Rosta solroskärnorna i en torr, medelhet stekpanna tills de börjar dofta nötigt. Mixa tillsammans med resten av ingredienserna till botten till en slät deg i matberedare. Tryck ut i en bakform.

Mixa dadlar, jordnötssmör, kokosgrädde och flingsalt till en krämig karamell. Bred ut jordnötskaramellen över chokladbottnen.

Bryt chokladen och smält över vattenbad. Blanda med kokosgrädden. Låt svalna. Häll ut över jordnötskaramellen och strö över flingsalt. Ställ in i frysen i minst 30 minuter, tills chokladen stelnat. Skär upp i ca 16 bitar, och servera gärna välkyld!

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Chocolate squares with salty peanut caramel

Makes 16 squares

Chocolate base

1 dl sunflower seeds, toasted

2 dl rolled oats

1 dl cacao

1 pinch flakey salt

16 fresh dates, pitted

1/2 dl coconut oil

Salty peanut caramel

10 fresh dates, pitted

1 dl crunchy peanut butter

3 Tbsp coconut cream

flakey salt

Chocolate top layer

100 grams dark chocolate

1 Tbsp coconut cream

pinch of flakey salt

How to

Toast the sunflower seeds in a dry frying pan on medium heat until lightly golden. Mix with the rest of the ingredients until a dough in a food processor. Press out the dough in a baking tin.

Mix the ingredients for the peanut caramel until smooth in a food processor. Spread out over the chocolate base.

Melt the chocolate over a water bath. Blend with coconut cream and a pinch of salt until a smooth chocolate mixture. Let cool for 15 minutes then pour over the peanut caramel and sprinkle with flakey salt. Put in the freezer and let sit for at least 30 minutes.

Cut up in about 16 pieces and serve chilled!

Tahini and caramel mousse truffles with raspberries

Carob is a seed that comes from a brown pod of a tree of the same name, originally from the Mediterranean. The flavour is a bit similar to cacao - but with a more caramel touch to it. Except from the great flavour it's said to have quite a few health benefits such as; containing good fibers and minerals, contains a good amount of antioxidants and the seed is also naturally low in fat. Carob can normally be found in well stocked food stores, health food stores and online. However, if you cannot get hold of any carob, raw cacao would work just as fine. 

I like the truffles best properly chilled - close to frozen. Therefore I tend to always store them (if there are any left that is...) in the freezer. Which is good to make sure they stay fresh for as long as possible anyway!

The combination of a sweet yet light base, decadent caramel mousse and a dark chocolate top layer with hints of goji berries is just a prefect combination - time to get baking!

 

Tahini and caramel mousse truffles with raspberries

About 16 truffles

Buckwheat and coconut base

2 dl / 0.8 US cups whole buckwheat, soaked for 8 hours or over night

2 dl / 0.8 US cups grated coconut

8 fresh dates, pitted

1 pinch sea salt

Caramel mousse layer

1/2 dl / 0.2 US cups light tahini

1 dl / 0.4 US cups coconut cream

1 ripe avocado

1 1/2 dl / 0.6 US cups carob powder (to be found in well stocked food stores, health food stores and online)

1/2 tsp sea salt

8 fresh dates, pitted

Chocolate layer

1/2 dl / 0.4 US cups cold pressed coconut oil

1 dl / 0.8 US cups cacao (preferably raw)

1 pinch sea salt

1/2 dl / 0.4 US cups goji berries

How to

Drain and rinse the buckwheat carefully. 

Mix all the ingredients for the base in a food processor until everything comes together and gets a smooth texture. Cover a small baking tin with plastic film. Press the dough into the tin. Put in the freezer. 

Peel and deseed the avocado. Mix all the ingredients for the mousse in a high speed blender until completely smooth (could also be done in a good food processor, but might take some more time). Spread out the mousse over the base, put back in the freezer. 

Heat the coconut oil on low heat, you want it to be liquid but not hot. Add the cacao and salt and whisk together. Let cool. Drizzle over the mousse layer, making sure every bit gets covered. Add the goji berries on top. Put back in the freezer for at least 1 hour. 

Take out the cake from the freezer 15 minutes prior serving. Cut in to smaller pieces. Serve topped with fresh raspberries and fresh mint.

Enjoy! 

Photo by Fanny Hansson. Recipe originally published in The Gothenburg-Post/Två dagar in August 2018.

Soft raspberry ice cream with whipped coconut cream and hazelnuts

A quick dessert, or why not a weekend breakfast och brunch. That's one of many clever things about nourishing food, you can have them at anytime from breakfast to dessert! Avocado is the secret ingredient which makes this quick ice cream irresistibly soft and creamy. Try substitute raspberries for blueberries, blackberries or a mix of you favourite berries!

And oh, if you can't find hazelnuts without skin in your grocery you can scroll down to find my tips on how to remove skin from hazelnuts (as it has the tendency to give a bitter taste we want to remove it). Plus tips on how to best deseed a pomegranate - knowledge you cannot live without!

Now, who wants soft ice cream in 15 minutes?!

Soft raspberry ice cream with whipped coconut cream and hazelnuts

Serves 4

15 minutes

Ingredients

3 ripe avokados

500 g frozen raspberries

1 tsp pure vanilla powder

4 fresh dates, pitted (use more for a sweeter taste)

Topping

1 1/2 dl / 0.6 US cups coconut cream

1 dl / 0.4 US cups pomegranate seeds

1/2 dl / 0.4 US cups toasted hazelnuts, skin removed 

2 tbsp cacao nibs

Fresh lemon balm

How to

Whip the coconut cream until fluffy. If you find it hard to get it fluffy you can let it sit in the fridge for about 30 minute, as that will make it more firm and easier to whip.

Thaw the raspberries for 5 minutes. Mix with the rest of the ingredients for the ice cream using a immersion blender, food processor och preferably high speed blender until SUPER smooth. Add more dates for a sweeter touch.

Divide in to 4 small (or 2 big if you're on that mood) bowls and top with coconut cream, hazelnuts, pomegranate seeds, cacao nibs and last but not least fresh lemon balm. Eat straight away!!

Toast and peel hazelnuts

Pre heat the oven to 175 degrees celsius. Put the hazelnuts on a baking tray and toast for about 10 minutes, until the skin starts to crackle. Let cool. Put in a clean kitchen towel and rub to remove the skin.

Deseed a pomegranate

Cut of the top crown and the bottom of the fruit. Now carefully cut the fruit from the top to the bottom, along the inner gentle ridges/fruit membrane which you are suposed to see once the top and bottom are removed. Normally you'll get about 6 cuts. Open the pomegranate, so that you get separate sections. Now you can easily deseed the pomegranate, using your fingers, preferably over a bowl. Remove any membranes that might come with the seeds.

This is a recipe that I created for Swedish vegan food magasin VEGO some time ago! Photo and recipe by me.