Raw Chocolate

Delicious raw chocolate recipe adapted from Quirky Cooking:

Few handfuls of nuts (cashews/macadamias) or slivered almonds
Handful of dried cranberries or sultanas or any dried fruit
200g cacao butter
100g Rapadura Sugar
1 whole vanilla bean
2 cinnamon quills
rind of one orange
80g Cacao powder
2 pinches himalayan crystal salt

1. Blitz nuts and dried fruit in tmx sp9 for a few seconds. Set aside. (do not do this step if you have slivered almonds)
2. Place sugar, vanilla bean and cinnamon in tmx sp9 for 1 minute.
3. Add orange peel sp9 for 30 seconds or until a paste forms. Set aside.
4. Break/cut up cacao butter into small pieces, place in tmx sp 8-9 for 30 secs
5. Melt at 37 degrees sp1 for 20 minutes.
6. Add sugar mixture and melt 37 degrees sp1 for 20 minutes
7. Add cacao powder sp6 for 10 seconds
8. Melt 37 degrees sp1 for 10 minutes
9. Add salt and melt 37 degrees for 10 minutes.
10. Line baking tray with baking paper and place chopped nuts/fruit. Pour over chocolate mixuture and leave to set (if in a hurry can set in fridge)

Could leave out cinnamon and orange peel and replace with tablespoon of maple or agave syrup.

It's delicious but very rich so dont eat too much of it!!