VC3 Winning Recipe: Mike Lieberman’s CranBanApple Parfait
Posted on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 1:34 pm- At VC3 we had the pleasure of tasting Mike Lieberman’s CranBanApple Parfait. He took home Second Prize! He was kind enough to share the recipe and also give an instructional video on his blog . This completely raw dessert is quite easy to make. I hope you will give it a try! It’s yummy!
- 2-3 servings
Approximate serving size
- Vita-Mix or food processor
Machine use
- 2-3 sweet apples (fuji or honey crisp)
- 1 1/2 cups of cranberries
- 1/2 cup of soaked raisins
- Dash of cinnamon
- 2 really ripe bananas
- 1 pear
- 1 1/2 heaping teaspoons of lucuma powder
- Teaspoon of vanilla
- 2 tablespoons of coconut oil
- 4-6 soaked dates and soak water
- Sprinkle of cacao nibs
Ingredients
- If you make this in advance, let each layer sit in its own bowl to settle for an hour or so. This will enhance the flavors and consistency of the dish. If you assemble right away, it will be a bit more runny.
- Cut up apples and add to Vita-Mix or food processor with handful of raisins, 1 cup of cranberries and cinnamon.
- Pulse down into a puree.
- If it’s too liquid, strain off some of the juice and enjoy it on the side.
- Add this layer to your serving dish and press down to pack it in.
- Rinse out Vita-Mix or Food Processor before moving onto the next step.
- Put bananas, pears, vanilla and lucuma powder in Vita-Mix or food processor and blend down until smooth. Add warm water as needed.
- Pour this layer on top and swirl dish to settle the banana mixture.
- Rinse out Vita-Mix or food processor before moving onto the next step.
- Add coconut oil, rest of cranberries, dates and 1/4 cup of the date soak water to the Vita-Mix or Food Processor. Blend down until smooth.
- Place this layer on top and swirl the dish to settle the layer
- Sprinkle cacao nibs on top.
Directions
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