If you’re doing Veganuary, these brownies are a great way to use up your pantry staples and delicious with a cup of tea
Nutritional expert and author Holly White is working alongside Compass Ireland* to craft and conjure up some of the tastiest and most sustainable plant-based food options for the Irish workforce.
Here’s what you’ll need to make her tasty chocolate orange raw brownies:
Ingredients:
220g walnuts
150g almonds
440g pitted medjool dates (If these are dry pour boiling water over them for 10 minutes and drain before blending to soften them)
90g cacao powder
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
2 tablespoons of cacao nibs
2 tablespoons of orange zest
A pinch of sea salt
100g toasted buckwheat grouts (Optional but they add a great crunch)
Method:
- If you’re using the buckwheat grouts lightly toast them on a dry pan over a medium high heat agitating the pan regularly to ensure they toast evenly. They will go a little golden after about 5-6 minutes.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Place all the ingredients but only one tablespoon of orange zest into a food processor and blend well. You may need to scrape down the sides.
- If the mixture is not coming together feel free to add in a tiny bit of orange juice, water from the soaked dates or filter water – a tablespoon at a time.
- It will take about 8-10 minutes to come together to form a smooth paste. Press into a lightly greased 8” tray.
- Add a final sprinkle of orange zest and place in the fridge to set for two hours.
*Compass Ireland is the first food service business to sign-up to the United Nation’s ambitious Net Zero Emissions programme, as well as Business in the Community Ireland’s Low Carbon Pledge with a focus on putting sustainability front and centre of everything they do.
