Pear Slice with Caramel Sauce
Jun 28, 2023Anyone else’s kids LOVE a certain food one week, and then hate it the next week? Yep, that’s my kids with pears recently - haha. I had a whole bowl of pears that weren’t getting eaten, so I whipped up this delicious Pear Slice with Caramel Sauce. (One out of two kids ate it - lol!!!).
INGREDIENTS
CAKE:
- ¾ cup almond milk
- ¼ cup water
- 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¾ cup olive oil
- ¾ cup oat flour (ground oatmeal)
- 1 ½ cup gluten-free flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- 2 pinches of clove powder
- 1 tsp gingerbread spice
- 4 fresh pears
- 2 Tbsp walnuts
DATE CARAMEL:
- 8 Medjool dates
- 3-6 Tbsp water
- 3 Tbsp coconut cream
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
INSTRUCTIONS
CAKE:
- Grind oatmeal with a mixer or blender to make oat flour
- Add milk, water, vinegar and coconut sugar to a bowl and mix well
- Add baking soda, all flour sorts, baking powder and spices
- Mix until well comined
- Grease a rectangular cake/slice pan (ca. 20 x 30 cm / 8“ x 12“) and put the dough inside
- Preheat the oven to 180°C convection
- Wash and cut the pears in slices and spread them evenly on the cake
- Roughly chop the walnuts and place them on the cake
- Bake for 30-35 minutes
CARAMEL SAUCE
- Remove the stones and put the dates in a mixer along with all other ingredients
- Mix well and add some more water if required, until the desired consistency is achieved
- Serve a blob of the sauce with a slice of the Pear Slice and enjoy!
Approved for: Low-Hydrogen Sulphide Diet, Adrenal Diet, Gluten-Free, Vegan
Filipa Bellette is Co-Founder of Chris & Filly Functional Medicine. She is an accredited Clinical Nutritionist & Functional Medicine Practitioner. She is also a Ph.D. thought-leader, award-winning writer, and regularly published as a guest blogger & in the media. Together with her husband Chris Bellette, Filipa has worked with over 2,000+ busy, burnout clients in the last 10+ years, and specialises in producing healthy, balanced, and happy Mums & Dads…or as she calls it, a Power Parent! Filipa’s own passion for producing high-performance Power Parents came from her own personal experience of Mummy Burnout, after having babies and juggling the demands of business, family, and her failing health.
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