Crème brûlée gem squash
Recipe Gallery Share the Love Recipe Prep Time 0 Cook Time 0 4 – 6 People Serves 2 Beginner Difficulty 0 Ingredients 250ml creamed corn 1/2 cups coconut milk or plant-milk of choice 1/3 cups corn starch 4 gem squash halves, steamed sugar to burn Kitchen blow torch Method Mix the creamed corn, milk, and cornstarch, and add 2-3 tbsp of the mixture into each gem squash. Bake the gem squash for 10-15 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius. Add a sprinkle of sugar, caramelize the top with a kitchen blow torch, dust with cinnamon and enjoy! Photo Gallery Hope you love love this recipe as much as I do! M*
Gingerbread men caramel donuts
Recipe Gallery Share the Love Recipe Prep Time 0 Cook Time 0 4 – 6 People Serves 4 Beginner Difficulty 0 Ingredients • 3 1⁄2 – 4 cups strong white bread flour• 1 package instant yeast (11g )• 1 teaspoon salt• 1 1⁄2 cups dairy-free milk oat or coconut milk• 1⁄4 cup golden syrup of another liquid sweetener of choiceCaramel• One can of coconut condensed milk or regular condensed milk• LSF cinnamon sugar• 1/2 cups sugar• 1-2 tsp ground cinnamon Method Whisk together 3 1⁄2 cups flour, yeast, and salt in a large bowl. Then, add in the dairy-free milk and the liquid sweetener. Mix with a spatula until fully combined and smooth, add more flour if too sticky. Once the ball is formed, grease the same bowl mixed in and place the dough ball back intothe bowl. Cover with a towel or plastic wrap and let it rise, until doubled in size. On a lightlyfloured surface, roll out in 2-3cm thickness. Then, use a gingerbread man cookie cutterabout 3 cm in cm. fold and roll until all the dough is used up. Place the donuts on a bakingsheet then cover and let rise again for 30 minutes. Heat oil the oil, and test with a piece of dough until it rises. Fry each donut for 30-45 seconds or until golden brown on each side. Remove the donuts from the hot oil and place them on a kitchen paper towel to drain theexcess oil. For the caramel, Add the condensed milk to a saucepan and bring to a simmer until it darkensin color, once they are nice and brown, Dip the donuts in the caramel and add sprinkles ontop. Sprinkle on some cinnamon sugar and enjoy! Photo Gallery I hope you love these super cute and delish gingerbread men donuts!! M*
Raw Chocolate caramel tart
Recipe Gallery Share the Love Recipe 0 Prep Time 0 Cook Time Serves 8 4 – 6 People Difficulty 0 Beginner Ingredients Crust 1 ¼ cups raw or toasted pecans/hazelnuts (sub with your favorite biscuit for nut-free) 2 tbsp coconut flour coconut flour ¼ tsp salt 1/3 cup cacao powder 220g (approx 10) fresh (Medjool) dates, pitted Caramel tahini caramel filling ¾ cup smooth tahini or peanut butter 2/3 cup agave or pure maple syrup 2/3 cup coconut oil 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp fine salt 1 Tbsp white miso paste Chocolate ganache 200g dark Chocolate chopped 1/2 chilled coconut cream Method 1. Begin by making the crust. Lightly grease, or line the loose tart base of your tart to ( aprox 29cm) and set aside. 2. Add the pecans, coconut flour, salt, and cacao to a high-speed food processor and process until a fine crumb forms. Then whilst blending, add the dates one at a time, then process a further 1 minute. The dough should be soft but not sticky. 3. Press the base into the tart tin, press flat with the back of a spoon, wetting the spoon to spread it out evenly. Keep the base in the fridge while you make the filling. 4. Add all the ingredients for the filling into a saucepan. Heat over medium heat whisking the entire time, until hot, but not boiling. 5. Cool for a few minutes before pouring into the base. Use a spoon to spread it around, then set it in the fridge for one hour again. 6. Melt the dairy-free dark chocolate in a saucepan and then pour the cooled coconut milk into the chocolate, creating a smooth ganache. 7. Pour the ganache onto the tart and set it in the fridge to set completely, remove from the tart mould, place on to a plate, and slice! Place the rest of the tart in the fridge for up to 3/4 days. Photo Gallery Hope you love this delicious raw tart recipe as much as we do!! M*
Chocolate caramel pancakes
Chocolate caramel pancakes is the only way to do the weekend right! Finally the brunch spots has started to open up again and even though you get to make the perfect pancakes at home with this recipe, i can’ wait to get out! Pancakes has been part of our confinement routine and i’d like to keep this routine going, because life without pancakes certainly seems pretty dull!
Salted caramel apple galette de rois
Recipe Gallery Share the Love ]Salted caramel apple galette de Rois is my vegan spin on the traditional French pastry that is in almost every bakery in France. This age old tradition has quite a bit of history behind it and I am pretty sure that the original pastry is the king of all kings, but my version came pretty close. There are quite a few varieties that you can make, but I thought the best kind of filling must be salted caramel with apple and a frangipane filling. What can beat almond, apple and caramel laced in a flaky dough. Salted caramel apple galette de Rois is my vegan spin on the traditional French pastry that is in almost every bakery in France. This age-old tradition has quite a bit of history behind it and I am pretty sure that the original pastry is the king of all kings, but my version came pretty close. There are quite a few varieties that you can make, but I thought the best kind of filling must be salted caramel with apple and a frangipane filling. What can beat almond, apple, and caramel laced in a flaky dough? I made another galette a couple years ago, filled it with Nutella and strawberries, but it wasn’t quite the right kind of fit for this season. It was when we just arrived in France and I was smitten with the combination of puff pastry and it’s royal love affair with almond frangipane. The French are the connoisseurs of pastry and that is a for sure a fact. I really always wanted to dive into making their decadent pastries, but since becoming vegan getting qualified the vegan way is very very difficult in France. Veganism slowly but surely getting more and more known for the French culture, just as it is the same in South Africa. So it might take a couple years to catch on. It is really a passion of mine to have my very own cafe or even vegan baking school to equip and provide these services, or even to make the traditional food that I know and love from France and South Africa in a more plant-based friendly manner. A Girl can dream am I right? It will take a while though before this will become a reality and I have to say that since the year has started two of my goals has already been realized. So it’s good setting goals and just taking the plunge and believing that you are capable to make things happen. Sometimes it just takes time and mostly when the time is right, otherwise, you won’t be ready. One thing you won’t need a lot of time waiting for is this amazing galette de Rois. I asked a few Frenchies and not a lot of them know the exact reason for the whole tradition, to know more click here. Any tradition that involves food is a def go in my book, especially pastry! Recipe 0 Prep Time 0 Cook Time Serves 4 4 – 6 People Difficulty 0 Beginner Ingredients Two sheets of vegan puff pastry (for homemade click Here) 2-3 sliced granny smith apples 1/2 cup Vegan caramel sauce Flaky sea salt Vegan frangipane filling 1/3 cup olive oil or coconut oil melted 2/3 cup coconut sugar or maple syrup 2/3 cup gluten-free flour or plain all purpose flour 1/4 cup aquafaba (chickpea brine from a tin) 2 cups almond meal 1/2 tsp almond essence or vanilla essence Pinch of salt Method Preheat oven to 175 degrees Celcius. Start by making the frangipane filling, mix together the almond flour, flour, oil, aquafaba, salt and vanilla essence. Whisk very well until the frangipane comes together and then set aside. Spread out the puff pastry and cut into a circle by using a plate or tart base. Smear on the frangipane evenly on the bottom layer, leaving about one and half cm open on the edges of the puff pastry and then layer the sliced granny smith apple. Then brush over the cooled vegan caramel, sprinkle on some salt flakes and then wet the sides of the puff pastry of the bottom layer and then add the second layer of puff pastry on top. Make designs on the top part of the puff pastry with a very sharp knife, be careful not to push all the way through. Brush the top with melted vegan butter and then bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown on top. Wait to cool before slicing and serving, you can serve this galette with some vanilla ice cream or whipped coconut cream. Place in an airtight container for up to one day, after that the pastry isn’t as fresh so best to serve it the day you made it. For the vegan caramel recipe Photo Gallery Hope you love this quick and easy pastry that is so filling and healthy at the same time, who said skimping on some sugar would taste this good. Ps: add a little folded crown on the inside to find out who will be king and who should provide the next galette de rois party! M*
Caramel soaked pumpkin fritters
Caramel soaked pumpkin fritters are just amazing as they sound and look. I wanted to recreate my utmost favorite side dish that tastes like dessert. These fritters are life changing and you’ll want to make them for every Sunday lunch from now on. I thought they might be quite fitting for the Christmas day, just because absolutely spoiling yourself is what it’s all about!
Salted caramel gingerbread pancakes
Salted caramel gingerbread pancakes are a festive treat to try out this week before all the Christmas spoils. the decadence continues starting now with these pretty pancakes! Apart from all the festive cookies that I have been baking, these pancakes have been the cherry on top!
Chocolate caramel tart
Chocolate caramel tart makes me think of the festive season that is ahead. I know a warmly baked pudding is something I would choose in this cold any day, but a sweet delectable chocolate caramel tart cannot be denied. It’s made with a chocolate buckwheat base, slightly bitter caramel filling, topped with a dark chocolate ganache topping.
I have been seeing some tarts on social media quite a bit and I have been craving this tart that I made a couple years ago. This tart is perfect for the mid-week slump and even my husband that is a fast food lover by choice said it was tasty. So I guess this tart qualifies as a cheat meal for the connoisseurs out there.
Malva pudding pancakes
Malva pudding pancakes are LIFE! Gimme pancakes any day, but oh Malva Pudding pancakes are just absolutely amazing! These pancakes are made out of a South African dessert that all South Africans and others that have had the privilege to taste, adore! It’s like caramel, moist, can’t stop eating amazing.
