Steemit Iron Chef Act 01 Round 8 Grape challenge @progressive-chef, absolutely loving this challenge as there is a lot of room to be creative.
I brought some new plates and bowls this week and couldn't decide how to plate my dish. As you will see from my photos I had loads of fun plating it several different ways.
These are the ingredients I used this week...
Grapes
Raisins
Almonds
Hazelnuts and hazelnut oil
Raw cacao powder
Cacao chocolate bar
Bananas
Coconut sugar
Bottled mountain spring water
There were several processes to making this dish but each one very quick and easy! The main focus for me was the grape sorbet, as the challenge is GRAPES and everything else came together around it because you can't have ice cream with out a delicious brownie!
I absolutely love frozen fruits, just freezing grapes and eating then is divine but if you want to take it to the next level, make ice cream. It's really simple, just freeze the grapes and then blend them in a food processor, add a little lemon juice or nut milk like I did.
I actually made my own nut milk from almonds, again its so simple and tasty.
All you need is nuts, a blender, quality water and a nut milk bag. Once you squeeze the nut mixture in the special nut milk bag you are left with a smooth liquid and also the by product of nut mulch.
The nut mulch need not be thrown away! I hate wasting something that is perfectly edible. Thankfully there are loads of things you can do with it, like making this tasty BROWNIES which again were very quick to make.
Just process the nut mulch, add banana, chocolate (raw cacao preferably for health benefits), coconut sugar, extra flavoring if desired such as vanilla or I used hazelnut oil, you can also add extra nuts, raisins and sultanas.
Finally freeze!
When it's time for desert make sure you thaw it a little before serving, they do warm up very quickly so don't leave them out too long unless you like it really soft, which is also nice!
You may have noticed I also coated some frozen grapes with melted chocolate. The chocolate I made my self, sometimes I have bars of it stashed for this every purpose, I can just heat it up quickly and get dipping.
The frozen grapes have a really concentrated flavor, paired with the chocolate is the most satisfying little snack!
I haven't always been a big fan of raisins but as I started making my own raw chocolate I actually really enjoyed the combo, I guess the difference is the quality, it just tastes so much better and really works well on this brownie, giving it a few extra health benefits as well. It's really easy to make your own and i'll be sharing the full recipes very soon.
Everything is raw, refined sugar free, lactose free, gluten free, VEGAN and still delicious!!!
It really doesn't hurt to treat yourself when it's this easy and healthy. Apart from the time waiting for it to freeze, the total preparation time is 15 minutes and if you don't eat it all at once you will have enough for at least 12 servings and will stay fresh as its frozen!
To check out full recipe for brownie and nut milk
click here!
Here's a moving slideshow just to show the process of the grape ice cream, the recipe for the rest is coming soon......
I think its always good to remember that food is our medicine even when we are indulging in decadent deserts we can still get the maximum health benefits possible. So let's take a look at why grapes and raisin are so special for us....
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These ice cream! My god! Wanna try them ASAP! 🤩😋
its so good, i was lucky my grapes were seedless (i didnt know or think about it when i brought it), im not sure how it would work with seeds
Cooking is Chemistry Art; iwilltrythisalgorythmrecipe;
Wow that looks great (:
thank u! :)
Grape sorbet sounds delicious! It's almost dinner time here, so I should maybe get off Steemit before I eat my screen... 🤣
lol u r such a joker ;)
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This is a lovely recipe. There is just something about raisins and chocolate that goes well together, still not sure why, but it does :)
I know but I also need the crunch of the nut too :)
Beautiful dish, sounds so lovely ...and looks great !
Luckily its got really warm where i am so eating ice cream right now is just perfect! thanks for the compliment!
Yumm what a great entry to that contest! I also hope you will join my #veganbreakfastcontest !
oh thank u! tbh im not very creative for breakfast, normally mornings all a sensitive time in my house LOL i like to pull out all the stops for lunch, that is my favorite meal of the day! but if i do have a special breakfast i will join it for sure!
you ROCK! love the animated gif.. very nice.. Beautiful presentation.. im assuming the taste was no less amazing!
wow thank u! 😊💚 yep tastes amazing and guilt free
This is what I call a perfect food post where we get so much of important info! Very well done my friend!
I would love to try that grape sorbet soon, been long i did not make it!
Great to see your new plates...
thanks progressive chef, was fun trying this recipe out, did take me half the day to work it all out but if i did it again would be very quick, thats the advantage to experimenting with new recipes. think its always important to remind our selves the benefits of the food.