Raw deserts

[Guest guest]

Does anyone know any delicious raw desert recipes? I love banana

icecream and avocado-date mousse, and just made raw apple pie, which was

great... but am wondering if anyone knows any other great raw desert

recipes.

 

Thank you

[Guest guest]

Here's a link to an interesting article in the San Francisco

Chronicle called " Cooking in the Raw. " It contains a recipe (below)

for Chocolate Orange Mousse with Almonds. I haven't tried it but it

sounds good.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/29/

FDGFBHSD8U1.DTL#raw

 

Chocolate Orange Mousse with Almonds

 

Chocolate is a rich source of antioxidants, but can also be

addictive, so use it sparingly, says Cherie Soria of Living Light

Culinary Arts Institute. The secret ingredient, avocado, makes this

mousse thick and rich, but cannot be detected in the flavor.

 

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup coconut oil

1/2 cup agave nectar (see Note)

3/4 cup raw cocoa powder (see Note)

1/2 cup fresh-squeezed orange juice

1 tablespoon evaporated cane juice (see Note)

1/4 teaspoon orange zest

1/4 teaspoon cayenne

Pinch salt

2 avocados, about 6 ounces each, peeled, seeded and mashed

1/2 cup peeled slivered raw almonds, for garnish, optional (See Note)

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

Place coconut oil in a small work bowl and place the bowl in a pan

with about 1 inch of hot water. The coconut oil will melt.

Combine melted coconut oil, agave nectar, cocoa powder, orange juice,

evaporated cane juice, orange zest, cayenne and salt in a high-

powered blender. A regular blender will work, although it may not

make the mixture quite as smooth. Puree until smooth; use a small

rubber spatula to keep folding the mixture into the center to keep

the mixture blending without adding water (you may stop the machine

to do this). Make sure cane juice crystals are fully dissolved.

 

Add the mashed avocado and blend just until the mixture is smooth and

creamy.

 

Pour into six 4-ounce ramekins. Serve each portion topped with

slivered almonds.

 

Note: Agave nectar and evaporated cane juice are minimally processed

sweeteners. They are available, along with raw cocoa powder, at

natural food stores.

 

To peel almonds, place a heaping half cup of almonds in a glass bowl.

Cover with hot water and let soak 15 minutes. Drain, peel skin off of

almonds and slice into slivers with a sharp knife. Dry the almonds

slightly before using, either by allowing to air-dry for 15 minutes,

or spreading on a sheet pan and placing in a 100° oven for 5 minutes.

 

Serves 6

 

PER SERVING: 400 calories, 4 g protein, 34 g carbohydrate, 30 g fat

(19 g saturated), 0 cholesterol, 17 mg sodium, 7 g fiber.

 

 

 

 

> Does anyone know any delicious raw desert recipes? I love banana

> icecream and avocado-date mousse, and just made raw apple pie,

> which was

> great... but am wondering if anyone knows any other great raw desert

> recipes.

>

[Guest guest]

On Apr 3, 2006, at 10:24 PM, Margaret Gamez wrote:

> link doesn't work

> rawfood , Jan <jantese wrote:

>> Here's a link

> <snip>

>> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/29/

 

The link didn't work for you because it had wrapped in my message and

the part of the link in the second line wasn't clickable. You'd need

to copy the rest of the link in the second line and paste it to the

end of the first line in your browser's address field.

 

Full link to " Cooking School in the Raw " :

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/29/

FDGFBHSD8U1.DTL#raw

 

Shorter version:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?Z123327EC

 

Jan