Berry Blancmange (paleo, AIP)

Berry Blangmange (paleo, AIP)

Author: Julie Hunter

Recipe type: Paleo, Autoimmune Protocol (vegan modifiable)

Cuisine: Dessert, French, British bakeoff

Prep time: 6 hours

Total time: 6 hours

Serves: 5-7

Inspired by Prue Leith's raspberry blancmange from Bakeoff, this is a slightly modified version with natural sweeteners and paleo/AIP subs, but still your basic family of blancmange/panna cotta/pudding. Feel free to get creative with presentation (mint, pomegranate, rose leaves, coconut whipped cream, etc.)...makes a lovely centerpiece. ;)

Ingredients

4 cups raspberries, strawberries, or mixed berries
2 cans (or ~4 cups) of full fat coconut milk
⅓ c tigernut flour (this is subbing for almond flour, but not essential)
2 tsps vanilla
½ tsp sea salt
3 tb grassfed gelatin (sub agar agar for V)
2 tb tapioca flour or arrowroot starch
⅓ cup of honey or maple syrup (to taste, adjust as desired)
1 tsp ground cinnamon, mace, or both (optional/to taste)
1 tsp almond extract (optional, omit for AIP)
For decoration
1 can coconut milk, chilled (you'll use only the solid part)
1 tsp vanilla
2 tb honey or maple syrup (optional)
pomegranate seeds (these I wouldn't omit - they provide an essential crunch/tartness, feel free to add even more than pictured)

Instructions

Pour the coconut milk into a bowl and bloom the gelatin in it for a few minutes.
Add the rest of the blancmange ingredients (berries, flours, vanilla, salt, sweetener, spices) to the gelatin and coconut milk and blend everything together using an immersion or other blender.
Pour the mixture into a saucepan and heat up over low-medium heat until mixture starts to thicken slightly (will still be quite liquid-y).
Pour mixture into a decorative mold and refrigerate for at least 6 hours (preferably overnight).
Once blancmange is quite solid, loosen it from the mold by pulling carefully at the edges or dipping the outside of the mold quickly into a bowl of hot water.
Invert the mold on a serving plate (blancmange should come out).
Whip the solid part of the coconut milk with vanilla and honey, and decorate blancmange with coconut whipped cream and pomegranate seeds.

Recipe by J.S. Hunter Fiction at https://jshunterfiction.com/berry-blancmange-paleo-aip/