Crunchy and candy, you’ll preserve going again for these tasty treats.
“Any nuts and seeds work in these scrumptious bars. I’ve made them with simply hazelnuts earlier than for a stunning praline flavour,” says Melissa Hemsley.
“You may prefer to swap the vanilla extract for a splash of peppermint or orange extract, or add a little bit of rum and some raisins or some toasted coconut flakes.
“These are greatest served straight from the fridge for the last word chewiness!”
No-bake chewy nutty bars recipe
Elements:
(Makes 16)
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150g combined complete walnuts, hazelnuts and almonds, roughly chopped
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200g darkish (50%-70%) chocolate, damaged into squares
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5tbsp coconut oil
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240g pitted Medjool dates
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200g floor almonds
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2tsp vanilla extract
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½tsp sea salt
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80g roughly chopped pistachios (or pumpkin seeds), for topping
Methodology:
1. Begin by toasting the entire nuts (not the pistachios) for 5 minutes in a big frying pan on a medium warmth till aromatic and simply going golden. Toss them within the pan as they prepare dinner and watch them like a hawk after three minutes!
2. Subsequent, arrange a bain-marie: place a heatproof bowl on prime of a small saucepan of simmering water (ensuring the bottom of the bowl doesn’t contact the water), add the chocolate and two tablespoons of the coconut oil and depart to soften till easy, stirring on occasion. As soon as melted, put aside to chill barely.
3. Add the dates, floor almonds, vanilla, remaining coconut oil and salt to a meals processor and pulse till mixed and dough-like. Add 50 grams of the toasted nuts (roughly a 3rd, it doesn’t should be precise) and pulse once more briefly till roughly floor however nonetheless with some barely bigger bits, after which flip off the machine and stir within the pistachios or pumpkin seeds to make a pleasant steadiness of squidgy dough and crunchy nuts and seeds.
4. Line an oblong tin about 25 centimetres × 20 centimetres and 4 centimetres deep – and switch the combination from the meals processor to the tin. Press down rather well together with your fingers to make a pleasant and flat, compact layer.
Really feel Good by Melissa Hemsley
5. To complete, pour the shiny melted chocolate combine on prime to create a thick layer, utilizing a spatula to get each final pretty drop out of the bowl. Scatter with the remainder of the toasted nuts and the chopped pistachios and pop within the fridge for 3 hours, till the chocolate layer is good and exhausting, which makes it simple to slice and beautiful to chew.
6. Convey the tin out of the fridge for 10 minutes earlier than slicing into 16 squares. Maintain saved within the fridge. These will final for just a few weeks in a sealed container.
Really feel Good by Melissa Hemsley is printed by Ebury Press, priced £22. Pictures by Lizzie Mayson. Obtainable now.
