A Wedding

Finally blueberries!!

The market has been lush all summer long. Abundant in the way of cherries, melons, raspberries, strawberries and peaches but where oh where were my little purple-y blue buddies?

Oh glorious day, you have arrived!

I will marry you with a coconut. Banana, tahini and macadamia are all invited to the ceremony. I will throw cinnamon confetti at you and all your guests. It will be the messiest wedding of all time.

 I should explain that most things I do are add lib. Although I use very reliable methods and tests while preparing food to ensure the results are wonderful. 

Tests such as 'The Lookie, Feelie Test' and 'The Taste Test' are very handy and I suggest you use them as often as you see fit. Play around with everything, nothing is set in stone, especially when it's raw. 

I'll post some full, comprehensive recipes soon but here's the ingredients I used to make this tart just to give you some ideas.

Crust

Soaked Macadamia nuts, I chopped them and then hand blended them

mix in by hand: coconut flakes, coconut oil, agave, cinnamon (wedding confetti)

Filling

1 Banana, a couple tbsp's of tahini, cinnamon and a bit of raw honey. The banana wasn't that sweet.

All hand blended. vrrrroom.

Blueberry Top

Blueberries, lemon juice (just a squeeze), agave. Don't use a hand blender for this it will become too liquid, just mash and mix.

I layered it up in a brioche mould, courtesy of the pastry department at work, and put it in the freezer to set.

Meanwhile back in the kitchen.....

I made COCONUT CREAM, such a dream. yum.

I used coconut milk and soaked cashews, a vanilla bean and agave. 

Then I took it out of the freezer and let it sit for a bit so it's wasn't so ice cream. Oh and I removed the mould. 

I then PLATED it, I then ATED it.