Desserts

Chocolate Mousse

Guilt free dessert with healthy kuzu and cocoa.

Serves 4

Ingredients
600ml soya milk
2 tbsp Clearspring Kuzu
1 tbsp Clearspring Agar Flakes
100ml Clearspring Rice Malt Syrup
3 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp hazelnut or cashwer nut butter
A pinch of Clearspring Traditional Sea Salt
Crushed roasted hazelnuts for topping

Method
1. Mix cocoa powder and some soya milk (about 3 tbsp) to make it into a smooth paste. Set aside.
2. Mix kuzu and 1 tbsp cold water well. Set aside.
3. Heat the remaining soya milk in a pan with a pinch of salt and agar flakes without stirring until bubbles start. Then simmer for 3-4 minutes or until all the agar flakes dissolve, stirring occasionally.
4. Add the cocoa paste (1) into a pan and stir constantly for a further 3-4 minutes.
5. Add malt syrup, nut butter and stir constantly. When it is mixed, add the kuzu paste (2) and stir constantly.
6. When the liquid becomes a bit thicker, remove from the heat and transfer to a flat dish. Leave it to cool for 1-2 hours.
7. Once set, blend in a food processor until smooth and creamy, adding more malt syrup if necessary.
8. Serve topped with crushed, roasted hazelnuts.

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Tofu Tantaliser

A light, refreshing and healthy pudding. Guilt free pleasure!

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 pack of Clearspring Tofu
4 strawberries, chopped into small pieces
8 blueberries
2 tbsp Clearspring Strawberry Spread
1 tsp Clearspring Kuzu
1/5 pack of Clearspring Snack Organic Tamari Almonds
1/5 pack of Clearspring Snack Organic Roasted Seeds & Soya with Cranberry (optional)

Methods

1. Carefully remove the tofu from its pack and drain.

2. Place chopped strawberries and the fruit spread in a small pan. Cook by simmering for a few minutes. Stirring well to avoid burning.

3. Add kuzu dissolved with a little water to the pan. Cook over a low heat until thickened.

4. Place the tofu in the middle of a plate and top with the strawberries while still hot. Decorate with blueberries and the chopped almonds on top.

Optional extra decoration: Sprinkle the roasted seeds and soya with cranberry around the tofu.

Recipe submitted by Sonia Shah

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Fruit Crumble

Guilt free healthy dessert with wholemeal oats and our Organic Fruit Puree.

Ingredients

For the crumble topping
1/3 cup  rolled oats or millet flakes
1/3 cup  unbleached white or wholemeal flour
1/4 tsp  cinnamon
A pinch of Clearspring Traditional Sea Salt
2 tbsp  Clearspring Organic Sunflower Frying Oil
1 1/2 tbsp  Clearspring Organic Rice Malt Syrup

For the fruit base
250g  frozen forest berries*
1 to 2 pots  Clearspring Organic Apple & Apricot Puree**

*Alternatively 250g of chopped apples/ pears or 200g of tinned apricot/peach.

**Enough to get all the fruit very generously coated.


Adapted from a recipe by Ali Farrel, Food Forum

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