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Raspberry Torte

Serves: 8 people
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Utensils: Pie dish, large bowl, blender, fork

Ingredients:

1 cup roasted almonds finely chopped (can do this in a blender)

1 cup oat flour
1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
Pinch sea salt
1 teaspoon almond essence
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/2 cup coconut oil warmed

1/2 cup maple syrup or rice syrup

Jam

1 tablespoon chopped almonds for the top

Preparation:

Pre-heat the oven at 350 degrees.
Mix the nuts, flour, oat flour and salt together and make a well in the center.
Whip the oil, syrup, vanilla and almond essence using a fork. Add the wet ingredients to the dry.
Form a dough and press two thirds into a nine inch pie dish. Spread jam over the top. Crumble the remaining dough and chopped almonds over the top of the jam.
Bake in an oven for 15-20 minutes.

 

Idea: A variety of different flavored jams can be used; apricot, raspberry, strawberry, blueberry or cherry.
 
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