Pear Slice with Caramel Sauce

Anyone 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:

1. Grind oatmeal with a mixer or blender to make oat flour
2. Add milk, water, vinegar and coconut sugar to a bowl and mix well
3. Add baking soda, all flour sorts, baking powder and spices
4. Mix until well comined
5. Grease a rectangular cake/slice pan (ca. 20 x 30 cm / 8“ x 12“) and put the dough inside
6. Preheat the oven to 180°C convection
7. Wash and cut the pears in slices and spread them evenly on the cake
8. Roughly chop the walnuts and place them on the cake
9. Bake for 30-35 minutes

CARAMEL SAUCE

1. Remove the stones and put the dates in a mixer along with all other ingredients
2. Mix well and add some more water if required, until the desired consistency is achieved
3. 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.