Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Happy Date & Fig Squares

Happy Fig & Date Square
Recipe adapted by Ben Kaelan
From Goneraw.com

Serves 6

2 cup walnuts
1 cup raw sicilian almonds
1 cup shredded dried coconut
8 medjool dates, pitted
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 pinch sea salt

2 cup medjool dates (pitted)
1 cup dried organic figs
4 Tbsp Agave nectar
2 Tbsp Lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon cardamom

1. In a food processor, finely chop the walnuts, almonds and dried coconuts. Add the dates one at a time and finally incorporate the salt and cinnamon. Place this mixture in a large bowl.

2. Process the dates, figs, agave, lemon juice and cardamom until it reaches a thick smooth paste-like consistency.

3. In a square glass baking pan (9"x 9"), place half the crumble mixture and pat it down lightly. Spoon over the date mixture evenly. Sprinkle the remaining crumble mixture overtop and pat this down lightly as well.

4. Cut into pieces and serve. This could also be warmed up in the dehydrator for 1 hour or 2 before serving.

3 comments:

Neeta said...

hey ben, great new blog and congrats on the super success of your class.....
these fig and date squares are sure going to make us happy :-)

if you send me your e-mail add, i'll send you a couple of indian raw vegan recipes as promised to you earlier.....
do you have access to an indian food store for some ingredients?

love and sunshine xxx
neeta

loulou said...

yum! i'll be making these! thanks for the amazing recipe :)
ps: the cleaver image for your blog header is just a little too 'psycho') x

Anonymous said...

dude post some more recipes!