Chocolate Amaranth Pudding with Cardamom Poached Pears (gluten-free & vegan

• Produce

  • 4 Pears

• Condiments

  • 1 tbsp Maple syrup

• Baking & Spices

  • 100 g Amore di mona bulk chocolate
  • 5 Cardamom pods
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 1 pinch Sea salt
  • 2 tbsp Sugar, raw
  • 1 Vanilla bean

• Dairy

  • 480 ml Rice milk or other plant milk

• Liquids

  • 1 liter Water

• Other

  • 120g amaranth (1/2 cup

Found on nirvanacakery.com

Description

Ingredients

• Chocolate amaranth pudding:
• 120g amaranth (1/2 cup)
• 480ml rice milk or other plant milk (2 cups)
• 100g Amore di Mona bulk chocolate (2 cubes) or dark vegan chocolate (3.5oz)
• 1tbsp maple syrup
• pinch sea salt
• Poached pears:
• 4 pears
• 5 cardamom pods
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 vanilla bean, open
• 2tbsp raw sugar
• 1l water (4 cups)

Directions

• Rinse amaranth and place into a small pot, add rice milk and bring to boil. Leave to simmer for about 35 minutes. Once the milk has almost evaporated towards the end of the cooking time, give it a stir once a while. Take off the heat and leave to stand for 5 minutes.
• Finely chop the chocolate and stir into amaranth until completely melted, add maple syrup to taste and optional pinch of sea salt.
• Place into a serving dish. Serve right away topped with poached pears and chocolate shavings or chill in the fridge for at least an hour until ready to serve.
• To make the poached pears, place the spices, sugar and water into a medium pot and bring to boil.
• Carefully peel pears from top to bottom and place into the pot, simmer for about 25 minutes or until soft when tested with a knife.
• Serve warm with the pudding or chill until ready to serve.
• Enjoy!