Cherry Ripe Slice

INGREDIENTS

BASE

1 CUP ALMOND MEAL

1/3 CUP COCONUT FLOUR

3 TBS CACAO POWDER

2 TBS COCONUT OIL

2 TBS RICE MALT SYRUP

FILLING

1 CUP CHERRIES

2 1/4 CUP SHREDDED COCONUT

1 TBS COCONUT FLOUR

1 TBS RICE MALT SYRUP

CHOCOLATE TOPPING

1/3 CUP CACAO POWDER

1/3 CUP COCONUT OIL

2 TBS RICE MALT SYRUP

 

METHOD

• IN A FOOD PROCESSOR, PULSE BASE INGREDIENTS UNTIL COMBINED.  PRESS INTO A SQUARE CAKE TIN LINED WITH CLING WRAP

• PROCESS FILLING INGREDIENTS UNTIL THOROUGHLY COMBINED THEN PRESS ON TO BASE

• MELT COCONUT OIL, STIR IN SYRUP AND CACAO, MIX UNTIL SMOOTH.  POUR OVER SLICE AND SPREAD EVENLY.  POP INTO THE FREEZER AND SLICE ONCE SET 

NOTES

– YOU COULD USE HONEY/PURE MAPLE SYRUP OR ANOTHER SWEETENER INSTEAD OF RICE MALT SYRUP

– FOR A NUT FREE VERSION, YOU COULD SUBSTITUTE ALMOND MEAL WITH OATS/SPELT FLAKES, JUST PROCESS UNTIL A CHUNKY MEAL IS FORMED

– I USED FROZEN CHERRIES, IF YOU USE FRESH BERRIES (EVEN MIXED FRESH BERRIES, BLUEBERRIES AND RASPBERRIES COULD BE NICE) YOU MAY BE ABLE TO OMIT THE SYRUP FROM THE FILLING