Cacao Crepes & Cashew Crème Fraîche with Summer Berries & Chocolate Sauce
Make these beautiful raw cacao crepes for a special dessert for the family, or a gathering of friends and watch them disappear!
How to Make Raw Cacao Crepes
Here’s an overview of how to make these delightful cacao crepes. Refer to the complete recipe below for a downloadable version (plus a video!).
- First you’re going to blend up all of your crepe batter ingredients until smooth. This will give you enough mixture for 8 crepes.
I suggest that you transfer the mixture from the blender to a bowl, making it easier to portion out. - Use a scant 1/3 cup measure (meaning use a 1/3 cup measure, but don’t quite fill it to the top each time) to arrange 8 equal portions across 2 nonstick dehydrator sheets (4 portions per sheet).
- Use a spoon or spatula to form each portion into rounds.
- Dehydrate these according to the recipe below. You’ll be removing them from the nonstick sheet and giving them a little extra time on just the mesh sheet. This makes sure both sides are dry to the touch.
- At the start of this whole process you’ll also want to start fermenting the cashews, as per the recipe. You’ll be using this for the creme fraiche.
- You’ll know the cashews have fermented successfully when they are aerated. You’ll see the little bubbles when you pull a spoon through.
- You’ll then put this cashew mixture in the blender with the other creme fraiche ingredients, ready to mix with your berries.
- Lastly, blend up all of the chocolate sauce ingredients.
- To serve you’ll want to fold each crepe wrapper in half twice. This creates a pocket for your fruit and creme fraiche mixture. I like to smear the sauce on the plate, place the crepes on top and then garnish with some cacao powder or powdered xylitol.
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Cacao Crepes with Cashew Creme Fraiche & Chocolate Sauce
Servings8 crepes
Nutrition (For one serving)
Calories: 287kcalCarbohydrates: 35gProtein: 9gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 109mgPotassium: 518mgFiber: 8gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 384IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 56mgIron: 4mg
Ingredients
For the crepes
- 9 ozs zucchini
- 8 ozs mango
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla powder
- 6 tbsp coconut sugar
- 1/2 cup flax meal
- 1/2 cup cacao powder
- Pinch salt
For the crème fraîche
- 1 cup cashews
- 1/2 water
- 1 teaspoon probiotic powder*
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
For the chocolate sauce
- ½ cup cashews
- ¼ cup cacao powder
- ½ cup water
- 2 tbsp coconut sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- Pinch salt
To assemble
- 7 ozs mixed berries or favourite fruit
Instructions
For the crepes
- Blend in a high-speed blender until smooth.
- Form 8 equal-sized crepes of about 12cm on non-stick dehydrator sheets, being sure not to spread too thinly. If you use a ¼ cup measure and don’t quite fill it to the top each time, you’ll get 8 even portions.
- Dehydrate at 115°F for 4–5 hours or until you are able to remove them from the dehydrator sheets.
- Return to the dehydrator on the mesh trays for a further 2 hours.The crepes should be dry to the touch but still very soft.
- *Flax meal is flax seed ground in a coffee grinder or similar, to produce a fine flour.
For the crème fraîche
- *If you can’t buy powder just open up probiotic or acidophilus capsules and discard the capsule part.
- Blend the cashews, water and probiotics in a high-speed blender until smooth.
- Transfer to a small bowl, cover and leave to stand for 12 hours at room temperature.
- Blend in the lemon juice, apple cider vinegar and salt. Optionally transfer to a fridge overnight to firm up. This will keep in the fridge for up to a week, in a covered container.
For the chocolate sauce
- Blend all ingredients in a high-speed blender.
To assemble
- Mix the berries with the crème fraîche.
- Take one of the crepes and fold in half twice.
- Open up one of the crepes so it forms a cone and fill with some crème fraiche and berry mixture.
- Arrange 3 on a plate and drizzle with the chocolate sauce.
- Sprinkle cacao nibs and crushed pistachios to garnish.
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