Raw Chocolate!
I came up with this recipe to try to re-create Ulimana's most delicious raw hempseed brownies. I didn't quite hit the brownie mark, but I did hit the super delicious and highly nutritious chocolate truffle-ish mark. Hempseeds make this chocolate high in protein and essential fatty acids, and the raw cacao is high in minerals like magnesium, antioxidants and is a natural euphoric! I have also listed some other fun foods that you can add to further enhance this treat's nutritional benefit.
Ingredients:
2/3 cup cacao butter (melted)
1/3 cup coconut oil (melted) 3 vanilla beans (scraped insides only) or 1/2 tsp of raw vanilla bean powder
1 cup agave syrup*
8 oz cacao powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup ground hemp seeds
Chia seeds, shredded coconut, almonds, goji berries(optional)
Slice the vanilla beans in half lengthwise and scrape out the insides with a spoon into a bowl. Grind the hempseeds in a coffee grinder or blender and put to the side. Add the melted coconut and cacao butter into the bowl. Add all of the other ingredients except hempseeds into the bowl. Stir thoroughly until there are no pockets of cacao powder. Add the hempseeds and mix well.
Transfer the mixture onto a cookie sheet that is lined with waxed paper or a teflex sheet and spread evenly with a spatula. Alternately, you can put the mixture into candy molds. I use flexible ice cube molds that look like hearts and stars. Set in the fridge for approximately 30 minutes. Remove and cut into the size and shape that you would like. Store in the fridge.
You can add any of the optional ingredients before you transfer the mix. I like to add chia seeds and coconut for a high fiber chocolate.
*Unfortunately, it is not looking like agave is as healthy as we thought it once was. I am currently looking into this. For that reason, I am starting to experiment with using coconut nectar/sugar and Yacon syrup as a sweetener in the chocolate. Will keep you posted.
And just a petite caveat- this recipe is a little different every time I make it depending on the different ingredients, so play with it and have fun. Sometimes it is more truffle-like, sometimes more hard chocolate-like.
Bon Apetit!
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dr cory enterprises
51 Loring Ave
Mill Valley, CA 94941
Cory Reddish, ND received her doctorate from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon in 1998, and is licensed in both California and Washington. She has a private practice in San Francisco, where she specializes in cleansing and clinical level detoxification, while teaching her Essential Cleanse Program locally and virtually across the country.
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