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Zucchini Bread with Port Soaked Raisins and Brazil Nuts

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

This amazing zucchini bread recipe is made healthier with spelt flour, a combination of coconut sugar and zero-calorie erythritol sweetener instead of refined sugar, and Brazil nuts--a good source of healthful fats, protein, fiber, and selenium. Tawny port soaked raisins add a delicious dimension to the bread that you should not pass up.

60 ml Tawny port
60 g Raisins
300 g White spelt flour
1 tsp Baking soda
1/2 tsp Baking powder
3/4 tsp Ground cinnamon
1/3 tsp Nutmeg
40 g Coconut sugar
80 g Erythritol sweetener

3 Eggs, medium
150 g Butter, melted and cooled slightly
1 tsp Vanilla extract
2 Medium zucchini, grated
60 g Brazil nuts, toasted and chopped, plus some to garnish

Soak raisins in tawny port for an hour or overnight.
Preheat oven to 160C320F. Grease and line a 30cmx11cmx7cm loaf pan. Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder and spices into a large bowl. Stir in coconut sugar, sugar sweetener.
Make a well in the center and add in eggs, melted butter, vanilla, zucchini, Brazil nuts, port-soaked raisins and a pinch of salt. Stir with a wooden spoon until well combined, then spread into the prepared pan. Top with extra Brazil nuts.
Bake on middle shelf of oven for 55 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool slightly in pan, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Slice and enjoy!

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Radish Tomato Salad with Celery Leaves and Walnuts

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Light, fresh, and delicious...here is the recipe for radish salad, a simple summer treat that requires minimum preparation. Daikon radish has a mild flavour and adds great texture and crunch to a salad.You can also add some mango or stone fruit to make this salad fruity and sweet.

300 g White radish, peeled and thinly sliced
Celery leaves
1 tbsp Parsley, finely chopped
300 g Tomatoes
2 tbsp Walnut oil
1 tbsp Apple cider vinegar
Walnuts or sesame seeds, toasted
Salt and pepper

Peel the radish and slice it into thin even disks. Place them in a bowl and toss with salt and wait 20 minutes. Press out excess water.
Place celery leaves on serving plates. Rinse and dry the tomatoes. Cut them into slices too.
Arrange the slices of radish and tomato in overlapping concentric circles on the celery leaves.
Combine walnut oil and apple cider vinegar together and season with salt and pepper. Drizzle the salad with the dressing. Crumble the toasted walnuts over.

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Slow Cooker Veal Tongue with Bok Choy Pesto

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Veal, or beef tongue, when done right, is very tender, juicy and delicious. I served it with some homemade bok choy pesto, but you can use other pesto or even salsa verde.
Veal tongue is high in fat, and like other organ meats, it is very nutrient dense (an excellent source of vitamin B12, zinc, iron and selenium). It has a unique, but mild flavour, tastes like muscle meat, fleshy, firm, but so much more tender and succulent. The tongue has a thick, bumpy skin and once cooked, it must be peeled while it's still warm. Don't let the meat cool too much, as the skin will stick.

	Bok Choy Arugula Pesto
1 Veal tongue (approximately 1.5kg) ©angiesrecipes, rinsed 1 Onion, peeled and chopped 2 Broccoli stalks, roughly chopped 3-5 Fennel stalks 2-3 Bay leaves 10 Juniper berries Parsley stems Sea salt	50 g Pine nuts, toasted 1 Large garlic clove 50 g Arugula 70 g Bok choy, the green leaves only 30 g Parmesan cheese, grated 1 tsp Black rock salt 120-150 ml Olive oil, as needed

In a food processor, combine the toasted pine nuts, garlic, arugula, bok choy leaves, Parmesan, and 1 tsp salt and pulse to blend. With the machine running, pour in the olive oil through the food tube in a slow, steady stream and process until smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Taste and adjust the seasonings.
Rinse the veal tongue under running water until the water runs clear and there’s no blood. Place veal tongue, onion, broccoli, fennel stalks, bay leaves, juniper berries, and parsley stems in your slow cooker. Generously season with sea salt. Pour in enough water to cover the veal tongue.
Cook on Low for 8 hours or on high for 4-5 hours. Transfer veal tongue to a work surface and cool slightly. Peel the thick outer layer of skin off the veal tongue while it is still warm.
To serve, cut the veal tongue crosswise into thin slices, and arrange on a platter in a single layer. Spoon the pesto sauce over and top with some fresh herbs, a generous drizzle of olive oil and some crushed red peppercorns.

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White Chocolate Cherry Tart

Sunday, July 07, 2019

Coconut sugar sweetened spelt pastry filled with a decadent creamy filling of white chocolate ganache and cherries in this heavenly dessert. I absolutely adore this egg enriched spelt shortcrust paired with white chocolate and fresh cherries. They go together so well, and taste incredibly delicious. I garnished the tart with lemon thyme and cacao nibs, but you can leave them out or use chocolate chips instead.

Crust	Filling
250 g White spelt flour Pinch of salt 1 tbsp Coconut sugar 150 g Butter, chilled and cut into pieces 1 Egg, medium and lightly beaten	300 g White chocolate, chopped 100 ml Heavy cream 75 g Butter Cherries Lemon thyme Cacao nibs

Whisk flour, salt and coconut sugar in a bowl. Add butter and rub in with your fingers until mixture resembles coarse meal with a few pea-size pieces remaining. Drizzle egg over butter mixture and mix gently with a fork until dough just comes together.
Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Form dough into a disk. Wrap in plastic and chill until firm, at least 2 hours.
Take dough out of the fridge and let it sit on the counter for a few minutes to soften slightly for easy rolling. Roll out the dough between 2 layers of plastic film into an 11-inch circle, then place gently into a 8-9-inch fluted tart pan. Trim the edges of the pastry to fit the tart pan. Cover the tart pan with plastic wrap and freeze for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 190C/375F. Line the frozen crust with baking paper and fill with enough dried beans to cover the bottom and side of the crust.
Bake crust for 15 minutes, remove the parchment and pie weight. Bake for an additional 10-12 minutes or until the crust is golden brown. Remove and cool on a wire rack.
For the filling, place the white chocolate, cream, and butter in a microwave-safe bowl, and heat in 20 second intervals, stirring after each one, until melted and smooth.
Pour the chocolate filling into the tart crust. Garnish with lemon thyme, cherries and cacao nibs when the filling is set.