Ginger Slice

INGREDIENTS

BASE

1/2 CUP DATES

1 CUP DESICCATED COCONUT

1/2 TSP GROUND GINGER

1/2 TSP CINNAMON

PINCH OF SEA SALT

GINGER FROSTING

2 TBS TAHINI

1/4 CUP CACAO BUTTER

1/4 CUP RICE MALT SYRUP

1 & 1/2 TBS COCONUT OIL

1 & 1/2 TSP GROUND GINGER

1 TSP COCONUT FLOUR

CHOCOLATE

1 TBS CACAO BUTTER

1/2 TBS COCONUT OIL

1/2 TBS CACAO POWDER

A FEW DROPS OF VANILLA BEAN EXTRACT

METHOD

• LEAVE DATES TO SOAK IN HOT WATER FOR 30-60MINS, DRAIN BEFORE USING

• FOR BASE, PROCESS DATES UNTIL A CHUNKY PASTE FORMS, THEN PULSE IN OTHER INGREDIENTS UNTIL A DOUGH FORMS

• PRESS DOUGH INTO A LINED LOAF PAN (I USED A SILICONE LOAF PAN), AND SET ASIDE

• IN A SMALL BOWL, MELT CACAO BUTTER AND COCONUT OIL, THEN WHISK IN TAHINI, SYRUP AND GINGER, THEN FLOUR, UNTIL SMOOTH

• SPREAD OVER BASE, AND POP INTO THE FREEZER FOR 30-60 MINUTES, SLICE ONCE SET

• MELT CACAO BUTTER AND OIL FOR CHOCOLATE, WHISK IN CACAO AND VANILLA UNTIL SMOOTH THEN DRIZZLE OVER BARS

• RETURN TO THE FREEZER TO SET, STORE IN THE FRIDGE

* YOU COULD USE DARK CHOCOLATE INSTEAD OF MAKING CHOCOLATE

* YOU COULD USE CASHEW OR ALMOND BUTTER INSTEAD OF TAHINI