During a month-long vegan festival at Olive, I made this dessert as one of the courses. It is a perfect marriage of cashews (which are always in abundance), figs and vegan chocolate.
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Serves
6
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Cook Time
00 h 10 m
Plus 8 hours to soak cashews
Ingredients
- 5 ripe figs, cut into 4 pieces
- 300 gm unsalted cashews
- 50 gm agave syrup (or honey for non-vegan version)
- 40 gm dry coconut, cut into fine slivers
- 8 gm salt
- A few drops of vanilla essence
Preparation
- Soak cashews in water for at least 8 hours or overnight.
- Drain and transfer into a blender. Add salt, agave syrup and vanilla essence. Blend until you have a smooth paste.
- Place a couple of dollops of cashew cream in a bowl and top with sliced figs.
- In an oven, toast coconut slivers for about 8 minutes at 190°C and garnish.
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