My Love Affair with Central Queensland is over...

I have been in Central Queensland for over 3 weeks and we are over our temporary accommodation and just want to be in our permanent accommodation. We are missing our bed, our knives, our clothes, just about everything. But at least I still have Voldie, AKA Thermomix! Due to the Cyclone (it wound up being a fizzer thank goodness), there has been nothing a but wind and rain since Thursday, and I am hoping that some of the water has made it to the drought area's of Central Queensland. I have been cooking up a storm using Tenina Holder's - Keeping It Simple Recipes for a Thermomix. I know I don't publish them all, and a lot of the time I even forget that I should be taking pictures...but oh well, this is a blog that is just for fun.

So, the latest recipe I have made is coconut rough... It came out a bit crumbly but after I contacted Tenina on FB (Cooking with Tenina) she replied so next time, I know what to do! It was super simple, only 5 ingredients... 6 if you can't get the consistency right...

The ingredients - shredded coconut, cocoa powder, vanilla bean paste,
raw sugar and pink salt

Add all the ingredients into the bowl

Blend

Keep blending and stop occasionally to scrape down.
If too crumbly, add coconut oil

Place into lined baking tin and place in fridge

Ok, so the recipe is as follows:

400g shredded coconut

20g premium cocoa powder

1 tsp vanilla bean paste

50g raw sugar (we used glucose powder)

Pinch of pink salt flakes

Do

1. Place all ingredients into TM bowl and blend for 4-8 min/speed 8

2. Stop and scrape down sides of bowls and lid as necessary. Note be careful as the bowl will become quite warm... 

3. If too crumbly after 8 minutes (like mine was) then add coconut oil. I would suggest one tbsp at a time...

4. Place into lined baking tin and tap on bench to settle and refrigerate

5. Cut into squares with a hot knife once set.

My husband loved them and they will be made again. The pieces that fell apart were thrown in with ice cream... Yummmmm