- Healthy Dessert
- Snack
Stewed fruit with sticky caramel
- 20 mins
- 20 mins
- Serves 4
- Kid Friendly
- Oil Free
- Refined Sugar Free
- Nut Free
- Soy Free
- Party Food
- Entertaining
Simple dessert with an Aussie twist to tickle the taste buds of children and adults.
Ingredients
Lemon myrtle stewed pear & apple:
- 6 apples
- 2 pears
- 1 ½ tsp ground lemon myrtle leaf
- 2 tsp maple syrup
Sticky caramel sauce:
- 20 dates
- ½ cup soy milk
- ⅓ cup warm water
Vanilla cream:
- ½ cup chilled aquafaba (the liquid from a can of chickpeas)
- 2 tsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
- Soak dates in a bowl of hot water for 15 minutes.
- Peel pears and apples and chop into even bite-sized cubes.
- Add apples, pears, lemon myrtle, maple syrup and ⅓ cup of water to a medium-sized saucepan over a medium heat.
- Once simmering, stir regularly until the fruit is soft and starting to show a caramel colour (about 15 minutes). Add small amounts of water to the pan to stop from sticking. Set aside once cooked.
- Drain dates and place in a high-speed blender or food processor.
- Pour in milk and water. Blend until it resembles a caramel consistency, adding a little more warm water as necessary.
- To prepare vanilla cream, pour chilled aquafaba, maple syrup and vanilla extract to bowl and whip with an electric beater until soft white peaks form (about 10 minutes)
Chef's Tips
- You can also add the fruit or toppings to the blender at step 2 (or 2 tablespoons cocoa) to create different nice cream flavours such as strawberry, peanut or chocolate.
- This tastes just as good as regular ice cream but is super healthy; I love it!
- Best eaten immediately as sadly it does not freeze well once blended.
- This is delicious served on wholemeal pancakes for breakfast!
Alicia Temple
