Friday, January 31, 2014

Superseed Crackers with Herb Cheese

I've been meaning to make this recipe from Natalia's Pure Pleasures cookbook. Though she calls them a bread, I'd say they are more like crackers. Full of superfoods, including sunflower seeds, hemp seeds, sesame seeds, chia seeds and flax seeds, they'll chock full of high nutrition in every small bite.  Flavored with caraway seeds, they taste like a hearty rye bread though they are flat and dense. I've experimented with sprouting rye to make such a bread, but these crackers came closer than any recipe I've concocted using rye. I modified Natalia's recipe slightly based on what I had in my refrigerator.  I paired the crackers with a hearty herb cheese in which I used probiotic powder to pump up the nutritional benefits as well as adding a fermented flavor. Together the combination was really satisfying. An opened face cheese sandwich on rye, if you will.



Superseed Crackers with Herb Cheese:
2 zucchini
2 granny smith apples
2 c. raw sunflower seeds soaked for 4 hours and drained
1/4 c. olive oil
1 c. filtered water
1 T. chopped shallot
1/2 c. black sesame seeds
1/4 c. chia seeds
2 T. hemp seeds
2 T. poppy seeds
2 T. caraway seeds
1 1/2 t. sea salt
1 c. ground flaxmeal

Puree the zucchini in a food processor. Add chopped apples and continue pureeing. Add sunflower seeds, olive oil, water and shallot. Mix well. Remove from food processor and put into a large bowl. Fold in the remaining seeds, salt, and flaxmeal. Mix until well incorporated.

Divide dough in half. Place each half on a Teflex lined dehydrator sheet.  Place another Teflex sheet (or parchment paper) over each ball of dough and roll out with a rolling pin into a rectangular shape. Score crackers into desired shapes. Dehydrate at 105 degrees for approximately 15 hours, flipping halfway through. Remove Teflex when you flip the crackers. Remove from dehydrator when crisp, give or take a couple of hours.

Cheese:
1 1/2 c. cashews soaked for 2 hours and drained/rinsed
1/4 c. filtered water
1/4 lemon juice
1/2 t. chickpea miso
2 t. non-dairy probiotic powder 
1/4 c. chives

Mix all ingredients except chives in the food processor until well incorporated. Fold in the chives. Refrigerate a few hours until set.

Assembly:
Place 1-2 T. of cheese on each cracker. Top with some pea sprouts. Enjoy.

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