Spiced Fig Bars
Perfect with your favourite cheeses and our divine Fancy Fig Orange Conserve. Bake a batch for the week ahead!
Find the recipe below this video!
Serves: 16
Prep time: 15 mins
Bake time + freeze time: 35 mins
Ingredients
- ½ cup/ 70gms sultanas
- 3 Tablespoons / 50gms coconut syrup
- 1 heaped Tablespoon/ 20gms coconut oil @thecocotribe
- 1Tablspoon/ 20gms chia seeds soaked in a ¼ cup of water for a few minutes
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt 1gm
- 1teaspoon/ 4gms Lord & Lion turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon Lord & Lion Ceylon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon/ 2gms ginger powder
- 1 cup/ 140gms raw organic cashew nuts
- 1 cup/ 175 gms activated (cooked) buckwheat groats
- 1.5 cups/ 200gms dried and diced figs (organic and preservative free)
- 2/3 cup/ 90gms sunflower seeds
Method
- Place, sultanas, coconut syrup, coconut oil, soaked chia, turmeric, ginger and salt into a food processor and puree till smooth
- Add in the cashews, 2/3 of the buckwheat and pulse to a coarse texture
- Tip the contents of the food processor out into a clean bowl. Add in the remaining buckwheat along with the sliced figs. Push the mixture together to create one large flattish log, wrap in parchment paper and freeze.
- Once frozen, slice into 5-7mm slices, and lay onto parchment paper set over a baking sheet
- Place into a preheated oven (150C/300F) for 15 – 20 minutes before turning each bar and allowing a further 10 -15 minutes to dry out
- Remove from heat and allow to cool on a wire rack
Recipe courtesy of @chefjasonroberts