Recipes, DessertsMarie Cudennecvegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, refined sugar free

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK BROWNIES

Recipes, DessertsMarie Cudennecvegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, refined sugar free
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK BROWNIES

Ingredients:

  • 250g of ground almonds (or fresh almond pulp from making almond milk)
  • 100g dark organic chocolate (or make your own melting 75g cacao butter in a bain-marie with 25g cacao powder)
  • 150g butter or coconut oil (add 50g extra if using dehydrated almond pulp)
  • 150g of coconut sugar
  • 2 tsp of vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs
  • a pinch of salt
  • zest of 2 oranges

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 170 C.

2. Melt the chocolate and butter in a pot and place over a very low heat.

3. Once melted take this off the heat and stir in the sugar, orange zest and vanilla. Leave to cool for 5 minutes.

4. Place almonds, eggs and chocolatey mixture in a food processor and blend thoroughly.

5. Grease a small baking tray with butter or coconut oil and pour the brownie mix in. Bake for 25 minutes.

6. Cut the orange into slices and place onto a tray to place in the oven with the brownies for 15 minutes until crisp.

7. When the brownies are ready take them out and let them to cool then decorate with the orange slices.