Flourless fat free rhubarb and almond slice, gluten free.

Hi everyone,

I love stewed fruit like rhubarb and I made this by stewing it with some chia seeds and a little soft brown sugar, the chia seeds are as well being healthy they expand 10x so absorb a lot of the juice making the fruit thicker. I then added some ground almonds and flaked almonds with some date syrup and mixed it all up then put a thin layer of ground almonds on top with flaked almonds and I drizzled a little date syrup over the top so it caramelises when cooking.

As I was having a roast this went in the oven with that and is lovely with a dollop of cream or something...

This is gluten free and plant based so ticks lots of boxes. 😊

[sunny369]

oh my! that looks so delicious!!

[Hidden in reply to sunny369]

Thank you sunny369 😊

[Misslovely Volunteer]

That does look delicious & i like the sound of it with some cream too!

[Hidden in reply to Misslovely]

Thank you Misslovely and me too...😊

[Zest]

Hi Hidden

Your Rhubarb & Almond Slice looks Divine!

Zest

[Hidden in reply to Zest]

Thank you Zest, that's a great compliment coming from the Queen of Cakes...😊

[Veeee]

Looks yummy Jerry. ☺

[Hidden in reply to Veeee]

Thank you Veeee. 😊

[Agoodenough]

Ooh Jerry. You’ve excelled. That looks fabulous. I would like that with some vegan cream drizzled over. It’s such a good idea of yours to mix the chia seeds into the fruit 👍🙂🌱

[Hidden in reply to Agoodenough]

Hey thanks Ali, I've some vegan single cream in the fridge in anticipation...chia seeds are great with cooked fruits. 😊

[Activity2004 Administrator]

This looks really fantastic, Hidden ! I haven't had rhubarb in a while (except in a yogurt recently).

[Hidden in reply to Activity2004]

Thanks Leah, rhubarb is lovely in yoghurt. 😊

[Activity2004 Administrator in reply to Hidden]

Yes, you're right! My yogurt was a Greek yogurt and then the rhubarb was added in to be mixed up.

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator Vegan star]

That looks very professional Jerry, what a fantastic cook you are - maybe you could teach the supermakets how to make delicous gluten free food 😊 Did the swedish glace come out?

[Hidden]

Thank you Debs, now that's a good idea...😊

[Matt2584]

Hi Jerry,

Zest's curry followed by your rhubarb and almond slice would go down well :).

I eat out at a vegan bakery and sometimes they sell bread pudding slices.

Bread pudding obviously has eggs in it but a vegan bread pudding obviously doesn't.

Chia seeds make a great egg replacement.

Soak chia seeds in water or any other liquid and the seeds become stodgy and gooey, like egg.

I bought one of these bread pudding slices for my mum once and when she tried it she said "And there is chia seeds in this instead of egg?". I said "Yes" and she said "You wouldn't know the difference".

[Hidden in reply to Matt2584]

Thanks Matt and good advice about chia seeds, it was very nice of you buying your mum some bread pudding, so good for you. 👍

[Latinia]

Goodness. How delicious that looks! Another way to have rhubarb is to stew it then cover with a sugar free jelly. Takes off the tartness without added sugar. Feels a nice healthy treat- unless I get tempted by a decadent topping!

I was interested to learn how chia seeds swell up in liquid. I shall certainly try that when I next do some baking. Thanks for the tip.

[Hidden in reply to Latinia]

Thank you and sorry about the delay they absorb 10x their volume of water so are a great thickener. 😊