Chocolate Orange Pots
These are a perfectly healthy treat when only chocolate will do
Makes enough for: 6 people
Ingredients
- boiling water to cover
- 200 g pitted dates
- 300 g silken tofu
- 24 g cocoa powder
- 1 orange, zest and juice
- 1 cube ice *
- 140 g thick yoghurt
- 20 g blanched hazelnuts, lightly toasted
Method
- Boil the kettle, then place the dates into a bowl and just cover them with the boiling water
- Set aside to soak for 5 minutes, drain and roughly chop
- Place into a blender with the tofu, cocoa, orange juice and zest and an ice cube
- Blitz until smooth, scraping the sides down as necessary until it is silken
- Divide the mixture between 6 small pots, cover with clingfilm and place into the fridge to firm up **
- Remove from the fridge, divide the yoghurt between each pot to dollop on top
- Place the hazelnuts into a mortar and crush with the pestle until fine, and sprinkle on top of the desserts
- Serve with fresh fruit if you want to add a little something extra to this dessert
Notes
* if you do not have an ice cube, just leave it out of the recipe.
** you can do this up to three days in advance
** you can do this up to three days in advance