Vegan recipe: Chocolate orange raw brownies

From irishcountrymagazine.ie

If you’re doing Veganuary, these brownies are a great way to use up your pantry staples and delicious with a cup of tea

Nutritional expert and author Holly White is working alongside Compass Ireland* to craft and conjure up some of the tastiest and most sustainable plant-based food options for the Irish workforce.

Here’s what you’ll need to make her tasty chocolate orange raw brownies:

Ingredients:

220g walnuts

150g almonds

440g pitted medjool dates (If these are dry pour boiling water over them for 10 minutes and drain before blending to soften them)

90g cacao powder

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg

2 tablespoons of cacao nibs

2 tablespoons of orange zest

A pinch of sea salt

100g toasted buckwheat grouts (Optional but they add a great crunch)

Method:

• If you’re using the buckwheat grouts lightly toast them on a dry pan over a medium high heat agitating the pan regularly to ensure they toast evenly. They will go a little golden after about 5-6 minutes.

• Remove from heat and allow to cool.

• Place all the ingredients but only one tablespoon of orange zest into a food processor and blend well. You may need to scrape down the sides.

• If the mixture is not coming together feel free to add in a tiny bit of orange juice, water from the soaked dates or filter water – a tablespoon at a time.

• It will take about 8-10 minutes to come together to form a smooth paste. Press into a lightly greased 8” tray.
  
• Add a final sprinkle of orange zest and place in the fridge to set for two hours.

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