A recipe for a healthy sweet from Maria-Carin’s wonderfully illustrated cookbook, Lick Your Plate!
I have this thing about having to use up ingredients in my cupboard that have been there for a while, but I will only go for it if it’s the right moment and I’m feeling the pull. On this occasion, the black sesame seeds were calling my name. I was at home in the Blue Mountains taking food shots with my new camera. I wanted something healthy that wouldn’t make me feel guilty when I would have more than a couple and I wanted a sweet treat that would not keep me wide awake at 3am, as it would from cacao. On top of it, it should look interesting on a photo. Well, these little buggers were born, they are definitely sleep-friendly and in my humble opinion a real healthy yummy treat.
Makes about 20 balls
Ingredients
1 cup / 130g sunflower seeds
1 cup / 130g black sesame seeds, keep few tablespoons aside for coating
1/4 cup / 30g carob powder
Pinch salt
6 / 80g Medjool dates, roughly
1/2 cup / 100g rice syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
Action!
- Dry-roast the black sesame seeds and the sunflower seeds separately as they require a different amount of time to get toasty. Take your time roasting them, the slower and more thorough the seeds are roasted the yummier they are…
- Keep 1/4 cup of the black sesame seeds for coating the balls at the end.
- In a food processor, first mix the dry ingredients for a couple of minutes very well, then add the rice syrup, vanilla extract and the dates.
- Process until nice and homogenised into a big black blob.
- Wet hands in water and roll into smaller balls as these are quite rich in flavour.
- Toss in toasted black sesame seeds and chill in the fridge.
- Eat your heart out.
Tip
A food processor is the superior choice of kitchen equipment to make these bliss balls. Trust me, a blender, even a powerful Vitamix, won’t complete the task. Yes, I’ve tried. If you only have small food processor halve the recipe and that will work.
This recipe can be found in Maria-Carin’s cookbook, Lick Your Plate!
Lick Your Plate!
by Maria-Carin Gala
Cookbook from Gala’s plant-based, gluten-free and refined sugar-free Organic Kitchen
Hardback (with ebook) available through the author:
www.mcgala.com
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