Blueberry shortcake crumble slice

Is it a slice? is it dessert? Its can be both! serve hot from the oven with some cream for a dessert, or cold as slice It is a shortbread/macadamia base with luscious blueberries and crumble topping.

This is grain, gluten and egg free. You could use any berries here.

 Ingredients

150 g softened butter

¼ cup honey

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup of desiccated coconut

1 cup almond flour

1 cup tapioca/arrowroot flour

1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped small

1 cup of frozen/fresh blueberries

Method

Preheat oven to 180C and line a 20 by 20 cm tin with baking paper.

Cream butter, vanilla and honey together. Stir in everything except the blueberries.

Press ¾ of the mix into the tin.

Scatter over the blueberries.

Dot the rest of the mix over the blueberries for your crumble topping.

Bake for 30 minutes until golden brown.

Serve hot or cold. When it is hot it is more fragile so be careful lifting it out of the tin. Cut into 16 squares, it is best to do this when cool. Keep in the fridge or the bench in an airtight container.

Almond and seeds crackers

 These are gluten, grain and egg free

100g raw almonds
40g sunflower seeds

30g sesame seeds

1/2 tsp himalayan salt

1.5 tbls extra virgin olive oil.

3 tbls water

1 tbls chia seeds

 

 Method

Preheat oven to 180C

In a small glass, put water and chia seeds to soak for 3 minutes or until egg like consistency. Stir intermittently.
Mill almonds and seeds until fine.
Mix in salt.
Mix in oil and chia seed mix and mix until dough forms.
Line baking tray and spread the mix out across tray.
Get another sheet of baking paper and roll it out so the mix is as thin as you can get it without any holes.
Get a knife and partially slice through the mix so it’s easy to crack into squares once cooked.
Cook for 15-20 mins until firm. Then separate the crackers and put in oven again to brown edges. Once browned, remove from oven to cool.

You can play around with other flavours like some cracked black pepper, parmesan cheese, paprika, curry powder, rosemary, thyme, cumin, caraway seeds etc…

Recipe is adapted from Jess at Rejuveneat & Revitaleyes