Thursday, March 13, 2014

Fruit/Nut Clusters - with a bit of chocolate thrown in

These are a bit like these Eat Natural Bars with Dark Chocolate - just home made :)

Ingredients

  • 2 cups mixed nuts and dried fruit (here the choice is Endless)
  • 1/3 cup Agave Syrup (or honey)
  • 1/3 tsp himalayan rock salt
  • 1/3 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/3 cup 85% Dark Chocolate ( or you can make your own - Dark Chocolate)
  • 2/3 tsp cocoa butter


Nut/Seed/Dried Fruit mix you can use ANY combination.. that's whats so fun.
(try to keep the nuts unsalted and the dried fruit only fruit sweetened)

I used brazil nuts, almonds, cashews, dates cranberries and raisins
(next time i'm going to add sunflower and pumpkin seeds too)

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180degC.
  2. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
  3. In a large bowl combine, agave, nuts, fruit, cinnamon and salt; until all combined.
  4. Pour the nut mix onto the baking sheet and spread evenly to about 1/2 inch thick; trying to keep away from the sides as the honey/agave with spread out. 

  5. Bake in the oven for 18minutes.
  6. Remove and let cool completely
  7. Once completely cooled AND hardened, break the nut into clusters.
  8. In a bowl over hot water, melt the chocolate and cocoa butter together until smooth.
  9. Dip the nut clusters into the chocolate and leave to harden turned up on a baking sheet.

  10. Once all the nut clusters have been dipped in chocolate and placed on baking sheet, cool in the fridge to harden.

Store in an air tight container




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