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Chocolate, cherry and hazelnut balls

by Alice on dicembre 1, 2010

Ingredients 150 g vegan plain biscuits (with no hydrogenated vegetable oils and no added refined sugar), very finely crushed (you can use a food processor or coffee grinder) 200 g cherry jam or cherry preserve, with no added sugar 30 g coconut oil, to be melted 40 g pure cocoa butter, to be melted 200 […]


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Spiced apricot, almond and cacao crumble

by Alice on luglio 29, 2010

Ingredients For the apricots 700-750 g fresh and ripe apricots, cleaned, pitted and cut into thin slices 4 tablespoons rice malt syrup the juice of 1 lemon 1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract half a teaspoon dried ginger powder half a teaspoon cardamom powder For the crumble 300 g almond meal 5-6 tablespoons muscovado sugar a […]


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Ingredients For the cake 200 g semi-whole wheat flour 80 g wholemeal flour 120 g almond flour 40 g unsweetened cacao powder, sifted 50 g muscovado sugar half a teaspoon vanilla powder 2 teaspoons cream of tartar 1 tablespoon cornstarch a pinch of whole sea salt 180 g barley malt syrup 100 ml extra virgin […]


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Pistachio and chocolate covered figs

by Alice on settembre 26, 2009

Ingredients 1 dark chocolate bar (100 g), preferably Fairtrade, 80% cacao 2 teaspoons hazelnut butter a pinch of cinnamon a pinch of chilli powder a pinch of whole sea salt 8 fresh figs, ripe but firm, washed and pat dried with kitchen paper 2 handfuls unsalted pistachios, shells and skins removed, very coarsely chopped Directions […]


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Cacao and coconut cream tart with raspberries

by Alice on settembre 21, 2009

Ingredients For the cacao butter and coconut cream 50 g cacao butter (I used raw cacao butter) 200 ml coconut milk 6 tablespoons agave syrup 1 teaspoon lemon juice the zest of half a lemon 2 tablespoons almond butter For the crust 50 g almond flour 100 g whole rice flakes’ flour 100 g semi-whole […]


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