Apricot Delight

October 9-13, 2011

macadamia-date balls - she's non 1 for sugary desserts, though she loves fresh fruit, together with they seemed to striking the spot rather well. I knew simply what to convey this time: the apricot please I get-go saw on Green Gourmet Giraffe, which I afterwards had the luck to gustatory modality when Mel brought it to the VegMel Picnic.

While the apricot please usually institute inwards supermarkets is sum of sugar, glucose syrup together with oil, these sweet-and-slightly-sour squares incorporate goose egg to a greater extent than than dried apricots, dessicated coconut, water, together with a picayune dear (easily omitted or replaced amongst around other sweetening syrup for vegans). It's no less delightful inwards its simplicity together with wholesomeness! 

Apricot delight
(as seen on Green Gourmet Giraffe,
where it's credited to the Australian Women's Weekly)

250g dried apricots, chopped
3/4 loving cup boiling water
2 tablespoons dear (or choice sweetener)
1 1/2 cups dessicated coconut, addition extra for coating

Place one-half the apricots together with all of the boiling H2O inwards a modest saucepan. Soak the apricots for close an hour. Bring the mixture to the boil together with gently simmer them, uncovered, for close 10 minutes. I topped mine upward amongst around other tablespoon or 2 of H2O every bit they looked similar they were drying out. Allow the mixture to cool a little.

Transfer these soaked apricots to a nutrient processor, add together the dear together with purée them thoroughly. Plonk them into a bowl together with stir through the remaining apricots together with the coconut. The mixture volition shape a reasonably thick dough.

Line a modest tray amongst baking newspaper together with spoon inwards the dough, flattening it across the base. Place a 2nd acre of baking newspaper on the tiptop surface of the slice, together with thence refrigerate it overnight.

When the acre is set, take away the baking newspaper together with cutting the acre into modest squares. Roll each foursquare inwards the extra kokosnoot to coat the sides, together with thence serve or shop every bit you lot wish.