Rumpelstiltskin

 

Serves:  4

6 TB ground flax    
2 cups milk    
2 TB hazelnuts, ground    
1 banana mashed    
1 TB honey    
juice from one orange    
1 apple, peeled, cored, and diced    
       

 

  • Bring the milk to a boil then stir in the flax.

  • Boil for 30 seconds, remove from heat then pour into a bowl and let cool.  This mixture will have the consistency of pudding.

  • Add the ground nuts, banana, honey and orange juice.

  • Whisk vigorously or blend on lowest speed in a blender.

  • Fold in the apple and serve in glass bowls or parfait glasses.

Variations:

  • When served as a dessert, top with whipping cream and strawberries or kiwis.  Everyone will enjoy this heavenly concoction.

  • Or, you can add finely chopped dried and soaked fruits; dates, raisins, prunes or pinapples to the pudding.

 

Source:  Fantastic Flax, Alive Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada