Coconut-stuffed Date Sweets
Coconut butter spread, slightly warmed (we get a lovely one by Artemisia, but I think you could take whole coconut and just blend the meat with the fat and a bit of the water for a similar spread)
Chilled dates
Slice each date on one side, open wide and remove the pit. Scoop about a 1/4 to 1/2 ts coconut butter into the place where the pit was. Close around the butter which will then harden into a fudgy center. Eat.
Bananas and Creme Fraiche
Slice up bananas and top with homemade creme fraiche. Eat.
Enjoy.
Slow food without gluten, soy, corn, wheat, honey, and much of it without dairy, as well as some occasional ruminations about food, eating and life in general.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
A Strange Loaf
It's not quite bread and just short of a souffle. It's sort of nutty, having a nice base of sunflower seeds (this is a test of the emergency allergy system, it's only a test) and squash. Lots of eggs. Forgot the baking soda and it rose anyway. Really.
It's based on the SCD sandwich bun recipe, but I blended it instead of food-processed it. It has no almonds. (Of course.) So it wasn't hard enough to form into buns. I poured it into a loaf pan instead and baked it for an incredible 1.5 hours.
Put into blender:
5 pitted medjool dates
1 cup dry curd cottage cheese (ours was cultured and gave the loaf a nice tang)
1 cup ground sunflower seeds, previously soaked in salted water and slow-roasted at 170 F until dry
1.5 cups sweet butternut squash
3 eggs
1/4 c butter
(feel free to add 1 ts of baking soda - I forgot, but it is part of the recipe.)
Blend well. Pour into bowl.
Add about a tablespoon or two of coconut flour to stiffen it slightly. Pour into greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 F for a LOONNNNGGGG time. For me it was 1.5 hours. It puffed up and got nice and brown on the top. It's golden inside with lots of nice loft.
It's a bit soft right out of the oven, but at Snackboy's request I sliced a few pieces off, cut each slice into 3 squares, added banana slices and creme fraiche to each one. Quite nice!
It's based on the SCD sandwich bun recipe, but I blended it instead of food-processed it. It has no almonds. (Of course.) So it wasn't hard enough to form into buns. I poured it into a loaf pan instead and baked it for an incredible 1.5 hours.
Put into blender:
5 pitted medjool dates
1 cup dry curd cottage cheese (ours was cultured and gave the loaf a nice tang)
1 cup ground sunflower seeds, previously soaked in salted water and slow-roasted at 170 F until dry
1.5 cups sweet butternut squash
3 eggs
1/4 c butter
(feel free to add 1 ts of baking soda - I forgot, but it is part of the recipe.)
Blend well. Pour into bowl.
Add about a tablespoon or two of coconut flour to stiffen it slightly. Pour into greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 F for a LOONNNNGGGG time. For me it was 1.5 hours. It puffed up and got nice and brown on the top. It's golden inside with lots of nice loft.
It's a bit soft right out of the oven, but at Snackboy's request I sliced a few pieces off, cut each slice into 3 squares, added banana slices and creme fraiche to each one. Quite nice!
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