Healthy Holiday Fruitcake

Healthy Holiday Fruitcake

A healthy holiday fruitcake with a twist: a layer of rich chocolate shortcrust, a vibrant and flavorful nut, fruit, and chocolate filling, enveloped in a light and airy meringue. This fruitcake is gluten-free, lectin-free, and low in sugar compared to other classic fruitcakes and made with only wholesome, healthy ingredients.

Ingredients

Ingredients

- Almond flour - Cassava flour - Chestnut flour - Salt - Cacao - Inulin powder - Vanilla essence - Organic orange zest - Plant milk - Egg yolks - French butter

For the chocolate shortcrust

Ingredients

Ingredients

- Nut and fruit mix - Tapioca flour/starch - Warming spice - Organic orange zest - Ginger powder - Almond extract - Salt - Whole eggs and egg white - Monk fruit or another   sweetener

For the filling

The nut and fruit mix is made of pistachios, walnuts, blanched almonds, apricots, Medjool dates, dry aronia berries, freeze-dried raspberries, dark chocolate

The nut and fruit mix

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1

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl (saving the two egg whites), in the listed order, then grate the cold butter straight from the refrigerator and add it to the bowl.

Make the crust

2

Mix with the hands just enough to make a dough, but don't overmix. Form a ball, then flatten it into an 8x8 inch square on a plastic wrap, wrap it around and place it in the refrigerator for one hour.

Flatten dough

3

Make the dry nut and fruit mix. Roughly chop the nuts (walnuts, pecans, pistachios, blanched almonds) and the bigger dry fruits, the dark chocolate, and add them to a mixing bowl with the rest of the ingredients.

Mix nuts and fruit

4

Add tapioca flour, and mix well, so all the pieces are coated with the flour.

Add tapioca flour

5

Add the cold dough to the pan and spread it out. Push it up the edges for about 1/2 inch or less. Cover the dough with plastic and put it back in the fridge for another 30 minutes,

Transfer dough

6

Separate the yolks from the whites. Add the yolks to a big mixing bowl, mix it with the sweetener, and beat it until creamy. Beat the 5 egg whites in a separate bowl until stiff.

Prepare eggs

7

Slowly incorporate the egg whites into the egg yolks, gently folding them in with a spatula. Then add the nut and fruit mix, folding them in until they are evenly distributed (don't overmix).

Mix eggs and fruit

8

Add the filling on top of the dough, level with a spatula, and bake for 10 minutes at 350F/180C. Turn the heat down to 320F/160C and bake for 35 more minutes.

Add filling and bake

9

When it is done, take the baking sheet out, and let it rest, at room temperature, in the baking sheet, for about 6 hours. Refrigerate before slicing.

Rest, slice and serve

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Happy Holidays

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