Goji Cacao Buns
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Makes 10 buns
Nice cake-like fruit bun with superfoods cacao and gojis.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup goji berries
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 apple
- 1/2 cup dates
- 3 carrots, grated
- 1 cup flax, ground
- 1 cup almonds, ground
- 1 tablespoon cacao powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 2 tsp agave (opt)
Preparation
Soak the gojis and raisins for 5 minutes in warm water.
Blend the apple and dates in the blender until smooth but not watery.
Pour the apple/date puree into a bowl. Add the grated carrots, soaked and strained gojis and raisins, spice and salt. Stir in the cacao carefully.
Now add 1/2 cup at a time of the ground flax and almonds. Stir until you have a thick moist dough. (You may not need to use all the said amount of the seeds and nuts for this) Test for sweetness and add a little agave or honey if needed.
Take heaped tablespoons of the mixture and place on a teflex sheet. They don’t have to be even looking, more like a rock bun! Dry at 145 for 30 minutes and then turn down the dryer to 105, turning over the buns to dry the underside. Serve with banana/pine nut cream. (see below)
BANANA PINE NUT CREAM 1 banana 1 cup pine nuts pinch sea salt
Blend until you have a pouring cream consistency.
Comments
rawveganmama writes: (May 19, 2008)
Looks yummy. I am thinking about making this for my son’s birthday on Weds. He’ll be two so I don’t want to use the cacao. I was thinking carob powder – would I just use the same measurement? Cheers!
sweetpea writes: (May 19, 2008)
Hello, yes just use the equivalent in carob powder. Have a nice party!
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