Sometimes we want a piece of delicious dessert so badly, but there’s none of that all-important ingredient — flour — at home. This leaves you with two choices — going to the shops to buy some, or (the better option) just cooking one of these amazing desserts without flour. These ones are guaranteed to impress everyone who comes to visit you.
1. Chocolate-coconut bars
INGREDIENTS
200 ml of light cream (20% fat)
200 g of shredded coconut
300 g of milk chocolate
85 g of sugar
50 g of butter
2 tablespoons of seed oil
PREPARATION
1. Melt the butter, sugar, and cream over a low heat, but don’t allow them to boil.
2. When they’re melted, turn off the heat. Add the shredded coconut and mix everything together well.
3. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, pour the mixture on it, and place it into the freezer for an hour.
4. When it becomes solid, cut it into bars and put the bars in the fridge overnight.
5. Now they are frozen solid and ready to be coated. To make the chocolate coating, melt the chocolate over a water-bath and add the seed oil.
6. Coat each bar in the chocolate using a fork. Coat the top and sides evenly first, then the bottom.
2. Chocolate and nut whipped cream
INGREDIENTS
4 eggs
100 g of sugar
400 ml of milk
100 g of dark chocolate
100 g of ground nuts
1 tablespoon of gelatin
PREPARATION
1. Place the gelatin in a bowl and pour in some water (you will need 1/4 cup or less). Let it expand a bit, then melt it over a water-bath or in the microwave. The gelatin should melt completely.
2. Whisk together the egg yolks and sugar using a mixer.
3. Bring the milk to the boil.
4. Carefully add several tablespoons (4 or 5) of hot milk to the egg mixture to equalise temperatures.
5. Put the milk on a low heat, pour in the egg batter carefully and mix everything together thoroughly. Simmer until it thickens, but do not bring it to the boil.
6. While the eggs and milk are simmering, grate the chocolate with a fine grater. Add the grated chocolate to the batter and mix well to let the chocolate melt completely.
7. Add the gelatin and ground nuts.
7. Put the cream into silicone molds and place them in the fridge overnight.
3. Light and airy cheesecake
INGREDIENTS
3 eggs
120 g of cream cheese
120 g of white chocolate
PREPARATION
1. Separate the egg yolks from their whites. Put the egg whites in a bowl and cover with kitchen film. Put them in the fridge.
2. Melt the chocolate over a water-bath and add the cheese. Mix the ingredients together.
3. Add the yolks and mix everything again.
4. Whisk the egg whites and add them to the mixture.
5. Line a baking mold with parchment paper and grease it with oil.
6. Bake the cheesecake for 15 minutes at 170°C.
7. Cool it down and garnish with powdered sugar.
4. Oatmeal cookies
INGREDIENTS
100 g of butter
140 g of rolled oats
1 egg
100 g of sugar
A pinch of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of baking powder
PREPARATION
1. Make flour from rolled oats using a blender or coffee-grinder.
2. Whisk the softened butter together with the sugar to make a smooth cream.
3. Add an egg and whisk everything together.
4. Add the oat flour, baking powder, and cinnamon, and mix everything together with a scapula.
5. Cover the dough with an airtight cover and place in the fridge for an hour and half.
6. With wet hands, form walnut-sized balls and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment. There should be 4 cm of space between the cookies.
7. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 180-190°C.
5. Berry cakes
INGREDIENTS
4 eggs
The zest from 1 lemon
3 tablespoons of corn starch
1/4 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of sugar
Dried cranberries, blueberries, or raisins to taste
A dash of salt
PREPARATION
1. Separate the egg yolks from their whites. Whisk the whites together with salt.
2. Mix together the egg yolks, ground zest, corn starch, sugar, and baking powder using the low setting of a mixer. Then add the dried berries and mix everything carefully with a fork.
3. Put the paste in small molds or in one big baking mold. If your molds aren’t silicone, grease them with oil a bit and sprinkle with starch.
4. Preheat the oven to 180°Ð¡ and bake the cakes for 20 minutes until they turn golden.
6. Cottage cheese pancakes
INGREDIENTS
1 egg
4 tablespoons of semolina
1 tablespoon of sugar
600 g of cottage cheese
PREPARATION
1. Mash the cheese with a spatula.
2. Add the semolina, egg, and sugar.
3. Mix everything well to get a smooth paste.
4. With wet hands, form patties from the mixture.
5. Coat them in a small amount of semolina and fry them with seed oil on both sides.
7. Banana pancakes
INGREDIENTS
2 bananas
4 eggs
PREPARATION
1. Mash bananas to make a puree.
2. Whisk the eggs.
3. Combine the banana puree and the eggs.
4. Roast in a dry skillet without oil.
8. Chocolate brownie
INGREDIENTS
7 eggs
200 g of chocolate (60% or more)
2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
150 g of butter
220 g of sugar
A dash of salt
PREPARATION
1. Separate the egg yolks from their whites. Whisk the egg yolks and 150 g of sugar together.
2. Melt the chocolate and butter over a water-bath and mix thoroughly.
3. Mix together the chocolate and egg pastes.
4. Whisk the egg whites together with the cocoa powder, salt and the rest of the sugar.
5. Combine the egg whites with the chocolate batter and mix them together carefully.
6. Place 2/3 of the batter in a baking mold greased with oil. Bake it for 20 minutes at 180°C. Use a wooden stick to check if it’s done.
7. Take it out of the oven. Spread the rest of the batter over the cake. The edges of the brownie (about 1 cm) shouldn’t be covered with the batter. Cover it with kitchen film and put in the fridge for 1 hour.
8. Bake for 10 minutes at 200°C. The top of the brownies should remain liquidy.