Nutrition
| Per 100 g | Per 1 oz (28 g) | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 435 kcal | 123 kcal |
| Protein | 12.4 g | 3.5 g |
| Fat | 25.3 g | 7.2 g |
| saturated | 2.2 g | 0.6 g |
| Carbohydrate | 36.1 g | 10.2 g |
| sugars | 29.7 g | 8.4 g |
| Fibre | 13 g | 3.7 g |
| Sodium | 8 mg | 2 mg |
Estimated from the ingredients, for the finished dried product. Actual values vary with the produce you use and how far you dry it.
Ingredients
- 20 cups almonds, the pulp only
- 6 1/2 cups golden flax seed meal
- 3.8 kg pumpkin paste
- 13 cups dates, paste
- 2 1/4 tablespoons (34 ml) nutmeg
- 4 1/4 tablespoons cinnamon
- 2 1/4 tablespoons allspice
- 2 1/4 tablespoons (34 ml) clove
- 26 pinches salt
Instructions
- Almond pulp left over from making milk is already wet, and how wet it is decides everything that follows. Squeeze a handful; if water runs out, wring it in a cloth before it meets anything else.
- Work the ingredients together in the bowl with your hands rather than a spoon. The date paste is stiff and sits in lumps under a spoon, and a lump of date inside a slice is a sweet wet spot that never dries.
- Shape the mixture into a loaf 3.8 cm thick, square rather than domed. A domed top puts the deepest part furthest from the tray, and it will still be raw when the edges are finished.
- Set the loaf on a solid sheet, not on mesh. Wet batter falls through mesh, and the loaf needs a flat base to hold its shape while it firms.
- Dehydrate at 41 °C for 8 hours. Press the top at the halfway mark: it should spring back like a sponge cake rather than take a dent.
- It is ready when the outside is dry to the touch and the inside still gives, the way a good banana bread does. This is not supposed to go brittle, so resist leaving it on longer just because it feels soft.
- Cool it fully before slicing, and use a serrated knife with a sawing motion. A warm loaf tears rather than cuts.
- Wrap the slices and keep them in the fridge, where they hold about five days. There is still real moisture in this loaf, so it is not a pantry item — freeze whatever will not be eaten that week.
