Wednesday, 10 August 2016

Paleo granola




This granola I made for a friend, so I added some oats.





Because lack of time I could not post anything during the last 3 months. First I was preparing myself for an exam and later I had many things to do.
About 2 months ago I decided to reduce my gluten intake and try paleo diet. I decided to do some trials and see if it is the best choice for me, but I am not avoiding bread or homemade pasta (yes, me and my husband prepare pasta at home).
During my search for recipes I found a recipe to try at Eat and Drink paleo , but I found it too sweet and I did not like the chia seeds. So, I decided to adapt to my taste.
Ingredients:

500 g       -     dried fruits (Lidl pack - apricot, prunes, apple rings, peach and pears)
132 g       -     Brazil nuts
200 g       -     walnuts
62 g         -     sunflower seeds
50 g         -     pumpkin seeds
75 g         -     desiccated coconut
2 tbsp       -     honey
50 mL      -     Apple juice 6X concentrated (no sugar added)
100 mL    -     water

Instructions:

Pre-heat the oven at 180 C

Put the dried fruits in a processor and chop them into the desired size crumbs and reserve. Do the same with the nuts.

In a big bowl mix all the dried ingredients.

Stir together the apple juice, water and the honey. Then pour over the dried ingredients and stir to coat.

Grease a baking tray with vegetable oil (I use olive oil), spread the mixture out evenly and then flatten with a spatula.

Bake for about 15 minutes. After that, stir the mixture and then repeat the process after 10 minutes.

Sometimes the granola requires more time, so bake for another 5 minutes.

Finally, after the granola cooled down, store it in an air-tight container.

I usually keep my granola in the fridge.

This recipe makes around 1300 g of granola.





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