Banana,Nut Butter & Chocolate Mousse

Ingredients: 
Raw almonds
Pitted dates, soaked (to rehydrate – making it easier to break down in the food processor)
Natural (unsweetened) peanut butter (or other nut/seed butter of choice)
Avocado
Pure maple syrup
Dark chocolate pistoles
Raw cacao
Cinnamon
Vanilla bean (not seen here but included in the recipe)
Banana chips (optional to add as decoration on top)
Desiccated coconut (lightly toast yourself)
Sea salt

Start making the tart base by adding the almonds to a food processor.

Add cacao & cinnamon.

Add dark chocolate pistols.

Add a pinch of sea salt.

Pulse into a crumb (this is the ‘dry ingredients’ that replace the flour)

Set aside in a bowl while you process the ‘wet ingredients’.


Add the soaked dates (minus soaking liquid) to the food processor and mix into a chunky paste.

Add the almond mixture back in with the dates and pulse until it comes together like dough.


Press into a plastic-lined tart pan and place in the freezer while you prep the filling. Now on to the filling!

Simply slice the avocados in half.

Add the avocados to a food processor and mix in 1 cup of maple syrup (if you like it sweeter add more later after mixing and tasting).

Add cacao.

Split and seed the vanilla pod, add the black speckled goodness to the mixture.

Mix in about 1/4 cup of natural peanut butter (mine was homemade but if buying, choose smooth PB).

Blend away until smooth! Taste the mixture and adjust maple syrup (sweetness) and cacao (bitterness) to your liking.

Set aside in a bowl.

Slice the bananas into rounds. Bananas oxidize easily/quickly so you want to chop them up at the last minute!

Remove the crust from the freezer and begin to build your tart!


Layer the banana slices over the crust.


Spread the avocado & peanut butter mousse over the bananas using a spatula.


Sprinkle over the desiccated coconut. Freeze for an hour or until the avocado has just set and the tart feels firm to the touch but not frozen.

Read more at http://daniellelevynutrition.com/2014/08/06/banana-peanut-butter-chocolate-avocado-mousse-tart/#ZMFmZsY4i7iexwyv.99