Wednesday 27 July 2011

Hot pudding for the cold UK summer.


Forever mindful of the gluten and dairy free diet, I would like to suggest this as a very acceptable alternative to the hot pud so beloved by the Brits. Its adapted from Arlene Hubbard’s Beet Bake recipe . Hope you like it as much as I did.
You may have notice I am inordinately fond of red food.

The processor is used for minimum fuss and washing up

1.    Finely grate 4 raw beetroot
2.    Add 2 eggs
3.    Add 2 tea cups of ground almonds
4.    Add ½ cup sugar
5.    Add one teaspn ground cinnamon and a pinch of salt
6.    Process
7.    Add ½ cup whole hazelnuts
8.    Process briefly to break them up
9.    Add ½ cup cranberries
10.  Pulse only to mix
 Coat a loaf tin with oil and sprinkle with ground almonds.
Add cake mixture and bake at 160 degrees for about 1 hour or until done.
Serve with Red berry Sorbet or almond milk custard or both.
Lovely!