Banankaka med kanelcashewsås och rostade valnötter

Favoriten bananbröd serverad i nytt format toppad med en len sås gjord på cashewnötter med lätt smak av kanel, perfekt till sommarfikat!

Banankaka med kanelcashewsås och rostade valnötter

14 bitar

Banankaka

3 dl havremjöl

2 1/2 dl bovete

1 tsk malen kanel

1 tsk malen kardemumma

1 tsk malen ingefära

1 tsk bakpulver

1 tsk bikarbonat

1 tsk salt

1 1/2 dl havredryck, eller annan valfri växtdryck

3 msk chiafrön

3 små bananer

1/2 dl kallpressad olivolja

Kanelcashewsås

1 dl cashewnötter, blötlagda över natten eller minst 4 timmar

4 färska dadlar

1 krm malen kanel

3/4 dl vatten

1 nypa salt

Topping

50 gram valnötter

Torkat blomströssel, valfritt

Gör såhär

Kanelcashewsås: Blötlägg cashewnötterna i vatten över natten (för en snabbare version blötlägg i kokhett vatten i 30 minuter), skölj av och mixa sedan tills helt slätt tillsammans med resten av ingredienserna.

Värm ugnen till 175°C.

Banankaka: Blanda alla torra ingredienser utom chiafrön i en bunke. Skala och mosa bananerna med en gaffel. Värm upp havredrycken och blanda med chiafröna, låt svälla i 5 minuter. Blanda ner i den torra blandningen tillsammans med bananerna och oljan, vänd runt så att allt blandas samman.

Täck botten i en kvadratisk bakform med bakplåtspapper, olja kanterna med rapsolja. Häll i smeten. Grädda mitt i ugnen i 45-50 minuter, tills banankakan blivit vackert gyllene. Ta ut och låt svalna i 5 minuter, vänd sedan upp kakan på ett bakgaller och låt svalna helt. Skär upp i fyrkanter. 

Rosta valnötterna i en torr, medelhet stekpanna tills de börjar dofta nötigt och blir vackert gyllene. Låt svalna.

Servera bananbrödet toppat med en klick kanelcashewsås, rostade valnötter och lite blomströssel.

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Banana cake with cinnamon cashew sauce and toasted walnuts

14 pieces

Banana cake

3 dl oat flour

2 1/2 dl buckwheat flour

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground cardamom

1 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1 tsp flakey salt

1 1/2 oat mylk, or any other plant mylk

3 Tbsp chia seeds

3 small bananas

1/2 dl cold pressed olive oil

Cinnamon cashew sauce

1 dl cashew nuts, soaked over night or at least 4 hours

4 fresh dates

1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

3/4 dl water

1 pinch of flakey salt

Topping

50 g walnuts

Dried flower sprinkle, optional

How to

Soak the cashew nuts over night, or for at least 4 hours (for a quicker version soak in boiling hot water for 30 minutes). Rinse with water and then mix until completely smooth with the rest of the ingredients in a blender.

Pre heat the oven to 175°C.

Banana cake: Mix all the dry ingredients, except for the chia seeds, in a mixing bowl. Peel the bananas using a fork. Pre heat the oat mylk and blend with the chia seeds, let sit for 5 minutes. Add to the dry mixture along with the bananas and oil, fold everything together using a wooden spoon.

Cover the bottom in a baking tin. Grease the sides of the tin with oil. Put the batter in the pin. Bake in the middle of the oven for 45-50 minutes, until the cake is golden brown. Take out the cake the oven and let cool for 5 minutes, then turn upside down to remove from the baking tin to cool completely . Cut in to squares or any other pieces.

Toast the walnuts in a dry frying pan on medium heat until lightly golden. Let cool.

Serve the banana cake topped with the cinnamon cashew sauce and walnuts. Sprinkle with dried flower sprinkle.

Plant roast with nuts, porcini mushrooms and quinoa

Plant roast with nuts, porcini mushrooms and quinoa

Topped with kale chips and apple lingonberry compote

Serves 6-8 at a buffet

Ingredients

350 grams parsnip

300 grams celeriac

2 dl white quinoa (I use Swedish quinoa! Available online and in well-stocked eco shops)

40 grams dried porcini mushrooms or chanterelles (Same as 400 grams of fresh mushrooms. You can also use other mushrooms such as chestnut mushrooms or oyster mushrooms)

10 cm leeks

3 garlic cloves

3 sprigs of fresh rosemary, finely chopped

15 fresh sage leaves, finely chopped

150 grams of kale

1 1/2 dl almond flour

2 dl walnuts

3 Tbsp chia seeds

1 tsp flakey salt

1 pinch freshly ground black pepper

Kale Chips

100 grams of kale

1 teaspoon rapeseed oil

1 pinch of flake salt

Apple and lingonberry compote

3 red winter apples, for example Ingrid Marie

1 dl lingon, frozen works fine

For serving

Roasted almonds *

How to

Scrub the parsnips carefully. Cut the peel off the celeriac. Cut the veggies into large pieces, cook until soft in lightly salted water, for about 15 minutes. Pour off the water and let cool down. Mash until chunky

Cook the quinoa according to the instructions on the packaging. Soak the dried mushroom in hot boiled water for at least 10 minutes. Pour off the water and chop the mushroom. If you use fresh mushrooms, you just skip the soaking step and chop the mushrooms right away instead. Cut the leeks in half, finely chop and rinse carefully. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Fry the leeks and garlic in a drizzle of oil until they soften. Add mushrooms, rosemary, sage, salt and pepper and fry for a few more minutes.

Rinse and chop the kale. Chop the walnuts. Preheat oven to 200 ° C. Mix the root veggie mash, quinoa, mushroom, kale, almond flour, walnuts and chia seeds together using a wooden spoon until you get a smooth batter. Cover a bread tin with baking sheet and add the batter to the bread tin.

Bake the roast in the middle of the oven for 40 minutes, then pick up the loaf from the tin, place on a baking sheet, and bake for another 20 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

Kale chips: Lower the oven temperature to 125 ° C. Tear the kale into smaller pieces, remove the tough part of the stalk. Massage the leaves with oil and a pinch of salt until it gets soft and silky. Spread out on a baking sheet. Bake in the middle of the oven for 7-10 minutes, until you get crispy chips.

Apple and lingonberry compote: Dice the apples. Bring apple, lingonberry and a splash of water to a boil and let simmer until you get a smooth compote. Serve the Plant-roast topped with kale chips, apple and lingonberry compote and toasted almonds.

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Nöt- och svamplimpa med quinoa och rotsaker

Toppad med Grönkålschips och äpple- och lingonkompott

6-8 portioner på en buffé

I Storbritannien där stek är vanligt på julbordet är det numer även populärt att göra “stekar” på grönt, fyllda av smaker och olika texturer är de en ny favorit hos mig - och ett självklart inslag på den stundande högtidens bjudningar!

Ingredienser

350 gram palsternacka

300 gram Rotselleri

2 dl vit quinoa (Välj gärna svensk! Går att få ta i på nätet och i välsorterade ekobutiker)

40 gram torkad karljohansvamp eller kantareller (motsvarar ca 400 gram färsk svamp. Det går även bra att använda exempelvis kastanjechampinjon eller ostronskivling som du hittar färsk i butik)

10 cm purjolök 

3 vitlöksklyftor, finhackade

3 kvistar färsk rosmarin, finhackade blad

15 färska salviablad, finhackade

150 gram grönkål

1 1/2 dl mandelmjöl

2 dl valnötter

3 msk linfrön

1 tsk flingsalt

1 krm nymalen svartpeppar

Grönkålschips

100 gram grönkål

1 tsk rapsolja

1 nypa flingsalt

Äpple- och lingonkompott

3 röda vinteräpplen, exempelvis Ingrid Marie

1 dl lingon, frysta

Till servering

Rostade mandlar *

Gör såhär

Skrubba palsternackorna noga. Skär bort skalet från rotsellerin. Skär rotsakerna i stora bitar, koka tills mjuka i lättsaltat vatten, i ca 15 minuter. Häll av och låt ånga av. Mosa till ett bitigt mos.

Koka quinoan enligt anvisning på förpackningen.

Lägg den torkade svampen i blöt i hett vatten i minst 10 minuter. Häll av och strimla svampen. Använder du färsk svamp hoppar du bara över blötläggningssteget, och strimlar istället svampen. Dela purjolöken på mitten, strimla fint och skölj noga. Skala och finhacka vitlöken. Fräs purjolök och vitlök i lite olja tills de mjuknar. Tillsätt svamp, rosmarin, salvia, salt och peppar och fräs i ytterligare ett par minuter.

Skölj och finhacka grönkålen. Finhacka valnötterna.

Värm ugnen too 200°C. Blanda rotsaksmoset, quinoa, svampfräs, grönkål, mandelmjöl, valnötter och linfrö tills du får en jämn smet. Täck en avlång brödform med bakplåtspapper och tryck ut smeten i formen.

Baka limpan mitt i ugnen i 40 minuter, ta sedan upp limpan i formen, lägg på en bakplåt, och baka i ytterligare 20 minuter. Låt stå i 10 minuter innan den serveras.

Grönkålschips: Sänk ugnstemperaturen till 125°C. Riv grönkålen i mindre bitar, ta bort den grövsta biten av stjälken. Masserad bladen med olja och en nypa salt så att allt täcks. Sprid ut på en bakplåt. Rosta i mitten av ugnen i 7-10 minuter, tills du fått krispiga chips.

Äpple- och lingonkompott: Tärna äpplena. Koka ihop äpple, lingon och en skvätt vatten tills du får en len kompott.

Servera Rotsaks- och svamplimpan toppad med grönkålschips, äppel- och lingonkompott och rostade mandlar.

* vill du rosta egna mandlar gör du det enkelt genom att lägga dem på en plåt och rosta i ugnen på 150° i ca 10 minuter, alternativt i en torr, medelhet stekpanna tills de får en lätt gyllene färg.

Recipe was first published in The Gothenburg-Post/Två dagar, winter 2019

Banana bread with coconut yoghurt, almond sauce and apple cinnamon compote

When I was in the making of my second book The new green protein I probably baked this banana bread at least 20 times. Over and over again, to make sure it got exactly the way I wanted. The perfect combination of sweet and savoury, moist yet not-as-moist-as-a-pancake and the perfect ratio of spices.

After all those baking sessions this one became a favourite and I more often then not have a loaf, sliced so I can take out 1 or 10 pieces, in my freezer for all kinds of occasions: weekend breakfasts, brunch, when having soup and I want something semi-sweet on the side, when I realise I don’t have any dessert to serve for tonights dinner party AND SO ON.

I use green banans for this recipe, just when they are soft enough to mash (if using too unripe ones they are hard as rocks), both because green bananas contain more fiber (instead of sugar) but most because I don’t like the super sweet banana flavour yellow bananas have. When using green this bread becomes both savoury AND sweet, and I serve then both as a dessert as pictured below - but also topped with hummus / leafy greens / avocado / cress / whatever! Both DELISH if you ask me!

So, done with the writing - time to bake some banana bread!

Banana bread with coconut yoghurt, almond sauce and apple cinnamon compote

Makes 1 loaf

Ingredients

3 dl / 1.25 cups oat flour

2 1/2 dl / 1.5 cups almond flour

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground cardamom

1 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

3 small green bananas

1 1/2 dl / 0.6 cups almond mylk

3 Tbsp chia seeds

1/2 dl / 0.2 cups cold pressed olive oil + extra for oiling the baking tin

Almond sauce

1/2 dl / 0.2 cups unsweetened almond butter

2 Tbsp water

a pinch of flakey salt

Cinnamon apple compote

2 red apples, cut in to pieces, peel still on

a splash of water

1 tsp ground cinnamon

a pinch of flakey salt

For serving

Coconut yoghurt

Ground cinnamon for dusting

How to

Pre heat the oven to 175°C.

Mix all the dry ingredients, except for the chia seeds, in a bowl.

Peel and mash the bananas until chunky.

Heat up the almond mylk, stirr together with the chia seeds, let sit for 5 minutes until you get your “chia egg”. Add to the dry ingredients, together with the banana mash and oil.

Oil a baking tin, put baking paper in the bottom. Pour in the batter. Bake in the middle of the oven for 55-60 minutes, until the banana bread turns golden. Take out, let cool for 5 minutes. Take out the loaf from the tin and put it on a cooling rack. Let cool completely. Slice it.

Mix the ingredients for the almond sauce until smooth. Salt to taste.

Fry the apple pieces in a splash of water together with the cinnamon until soft and sweet.

Serve a piece of banana bread with a dollop of coconut yoghurt, a big spoonful of cinnamon apple compote, drizzle with almond sauce and dust with cinnamon for a fancy look!

Hope you like it!

Almond and oat scones with coconut yoghurt and strawberry chia jam

If someone would ask me what my perfect weekend morning would look like I would probably mention these. It's something special with freshly baked bread, I think is has something to do both with the love someone out in to it, the taste, the texture AND the lovely smell it gives to the whole kitchen - and even apartment if you have a quite small place like myself. 

Anyway, before you scroll down and start tossing ingredients together I just want to write that except from serving the scones with coconut yoghurt and strawberry chia jam as I did here, they are also very delicious served with savoury toppings, such as avocado and sprouts! Well, that's all, let's bake! 

Almond and oat scones with coconut yoghurt and strawberry chia jam

8 scones 

Ingredients

200 grams oats

100 grams almond flour

2 tsp psyllium seed husk

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1/2 tsp salt 

0.5 dl / 0.2 cups cold pressed coconut oil

0.5 dl / 0.2 cups almond butter

3 dl / 1.3 cups unsweetened almond milk 

Strawberry chia jam

2 dl / 0.8 cups frozen strawberries 

0.5 dl / 0.2 cups water

2 tbsp chia seeds

For serving

Coconut yoghurt

fresh basil 

How to

Pre heat the oven to 235 degrees Celsius / 440 degrees Fahrenheit. Cook the strawberries in a small sauce pan with the water for a couple of minutes. Remove from heat. Mix until smooth using an immersion blender. Add the chia seeds to the strawberry sauce, stir and let sit for 30 minutes, stirring every now and then to avoid clumping. 

Mix 2/3 of the oats to a flour. Mix all the dry ingredients in a baking bowl. Mix the rest of the ingredients in to a smooth mixture, pour in to the mixing bowl. Fold everything together in to a sticky batter. Form in to 8 scones and put on a baking tray. Bake the scones in the middle of the oven for 15-20 minutes, until they get lightly golden and crispy. Let cool for a bit

Serve the freshly baked scones with coconut yoghurt, strawberry chia jam and fresh basil. 

* This is a recipe from “Två Dagar” distributed by Göteborgs-Posten, published 10th of February 2018. Recipes, styling and photo by me.