I (Marci) am only a breakfast person in the sense that, I need to have coffee before 9am. However, I think scrumptious recipe has me converted to an everyday breakfast girl. Follow the jump to see the recipe that made me make the leap.
You will need:
Raw fruit crumbles
Almond cream:
1 cup raw almonds, soaked overnight
1/2 cup water (plus extra, I needed another tbsp, but this could vary)
1 tbsp extra virgin coconut oil
1 tbsp agave nectar (or maple syrup, raw honey etc)
seeds from 1/2 a vanilla bean (or 1 tsp extract)
teeny pinch of salt
Crumble:
1 cup nuts or seeds of your choice (I used a mix of pecans, walnuts, almonds and hemp seeds)
3/4 cup pitted medjool dates
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
a smidgin of seeds from the vanilla bean (or 1/4 tsp vanilla extract)
1/2 tsp salt
Assembly:
1-2 cups of sliced/chopped fruit per person
maple syrup, agave nectar or honey
ground cinnamon
Make the almond cream:
Place the soaked almonds and water in a blender. Turn the blender onto a low-medium speed to break up the nuts and stop when the pieces are starting to form a puree with the water. Add the coconut oil, agave nectar, vanilla bean seeds, salt and more water if necessary. Turn the blender to high until the mixture is as creamy and smooth as possible. This took a couple minutes for me. Scrape almond cream into a container and chill thoroughly.
For the crumble:
Place all of the ingredients in a food processor and pule until the nuts become large crumbs and the mix holds together when you pinch it. Set aside or keep in the refrigerator if you’re making it ahead. Also, if you press this mix into a pan it’s like homemade Larabars! Awesome.
To assemble:
Place sliced/chopped fruit into a bowl and drizzle lightly with maple syrup/agave/what have you. Sprinkle on some cinnamon (or cardamom!) if you’re into that. Spoon some crumble mix evenly on top of the fruit and put a fat dollop of almond cream on there.
Thanks so much The First Mess for this great treat! I am totally obsessed with this blog and ALL of their amazing recipes.
Enjoy Lovelies!
