Chewy Chocolate Squares with Dried Fruit and Nuts
If you have approximately 45 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Chewy Chocolate Squares with Dried Fruit and Nuts might be a spectacular dairy free recipe to try. For 27 cents per serving, you get a hor d'oeuvre that serves 36. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 2g of fat, and a total of 81 calories. This recipe from Vegetarian Times has 118 fans. If you have agave nectar, pistachios, vegetable oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. With a spoonacular score of 21%, this dish is rather bad. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Chicken with Passion Fruit Sauce over Dried Fruit and Nuts Orzo, Chewy Vanilla Spice Fruit Squares, and Sweet Couscous with Nuts and Dried Fruit.
Servings: 36
Ingredients:
¾ cup agave nectar
8 dates, pitted and coarsely chopped
½ cup chopped dried apricots
½ cup dried cherries
½ cup chopped dried figs
¼ cup all-purpose flour
¼ tsp. ground allspice
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
½ tsp. grated nutmeg
1 tsp. grated orange zest, dried
½ cup shelled toasted pistachios, chopped
⅛ tsp. salt
½ cup slivered almonds, toasted
¾ cup sugar
2 Tbs. unsweetened cocoa powder
2 Tbs. vegetable oil
¼ cup fine whole-wheat breadcrumbs
Equipment:
baking paper
oven
frying pan
bowl
sauce pan
aluminum foil
Cooking instruction summary:
1. Preheat oven to 300°F. Coat 9-inch-square pan with cooking spray, and line with parchment paper. Spray again.2. Combine almonds, pistachios, dates, apricots, figs, cherries, flour, breadcrumbs, cocoa, orange zest, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and salt in bowl.3. Bring agave nectar and sugar to a boil in saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 10 minutes. Stir oil, then agave nectar mixture into fruit-and-nut mixture. Transfer to prepared pan, and smooth top. Bake 50 minutes, or until mixture is done on sides but still soft in center—it will firm up completely once it cools. Cool, then cover with foil, and let rest overnight. Unmold, remove parchment, and cut into squares.
Step by step:
1. Preheat oven to 300°F. Coat 9-inch-square pan with cooking spray, and line with parchment paper. Spray again.
2. Combine almonds, pistachios, dates, apricots, figs, cherries, flour, breadcrumbs, cocoa, orange zest, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and salt in bowl.
3. Bring agave nectar and sugar to a boil in saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 10 minutes. Stir oil, then agave nectar mixture into fruit-and-nut mixture.
4. Transfer to prepared pan, and smooth top.
5. Bake 50 minutes, or until mixture is done on sides but still soft in center—it will firm up completely once it cools. Cool, then cover with foil, and let rest overnight. Unmold, remove parchment, and cut into squares.
Nutrition Information:
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