Dairy Free Chocolate Berry Parfait
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 5
Ingredients
  • 1 pint strawberries (about ¾ pound or 1 ½ to 2 cups sliced)
  • 1 pint blueberries (2 cups)
  • ½ of a 14 oz can of full fat coconut milk
  • ¼ cup dried pitted dates
  • ½ cup dairy, gluten and soy free semi sweet chocolate chunks or chips (Enjoy Life brand is gluten and major 8 allergens free.)
  • 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 42 oz dairy free, soy free vanilla coconut yogurt
  • 3 Tbsp plus 1 ½ tsp honey, divided
  • 1 Tbsp plus 1 tsp fresh lemon juice, divided
  • Mint leaves for garnish (optional)
Instructions
  1. Heat coconut milk and dates over medium high heat until hot but not quite boiling.
  2. Add chocolate and vanilla and stir until chocolate is melted and mixture is uniform.
  3. Set aside to cool a few minutes and then process in a food processor until smooth.
  4. Divide between parfait glasses. You can use any glass that’s as wide or wider at the top than at the bottom. This recipe will make 4-5 parfaits using roughly 8 oz glasses. If you use smaller glasses, say small wine glasses, it will stretch further.
  5. Place the glasses with the chocolate cream in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours to solidify.
  6. Wash the blueberries, spread on a paper towel, pat dry and pick off any stems.
  7. Reserve ¼ cup blueberries for garnishing the tops of the parfaits.
  8. Heat 1 cup blueberries and 2 Tbsp honey in a small saucepan over medium to medium high heat, stirring frequently until berries open and release liquid, about 5 minutes.
  9. Stir in ½ tsp fresh lemon juice and ¾ cup more blueberries and chill in the refrigerator at least a half hour.
  10. In a large bowl, mix the coconut yogurt, 1 Tbsp plus ½ tsp honey and 1 Tbsp plus ½ tsp fresh lemon juice. Whisk vigorously until the mixture is smooth. Refrigerate until ready to assemble the parfaits.
  11. Up until this point, you can do everything a day ahead if you like.
  12. The parfaits can be assembled several hours ahead of serving. I recommend waiting to slice the strawberries for the top garnish and garnishing until close to serving time.
  13. When you’re just about ready to assemble the parfaits, rinse and dry the strawberries, remove the hulls and slice.
  14. Reserve a few slices to top the parfaits.
  15. Mash about ¼ of the strawberries and add 1 tsp honey and the rest of the strawberry slices. Mix well.
  16. Let the mixture sit just long enough to develop just a little bit of liquid, just a few minutes.
  17. To assemble the parfaits, layer yogurt, then strawberry mixture, then yogurt, then blueberry mixture, then more yogurt over the chocolate cream in the glasses.
  18. For 5 parfaits, it will work out about right if you put 3 Tbsp yogurt over the chocolate, then about ¼ cup each of strawberries, more yogurt, blueberries, and yogurt again.
  19. If the strawberries develop a lot of liquid, let most of it drain away before you put them into the parfait.
  20. Top each parfait with a strawberry slice and a few blueberries, and if you like, mint leaves.
Notes
Preparation time does not include refrigeration time. Allow at least 2 hours for chocolate cream to set. Blueberry mixture can cool at same time.
Recipe by Savory Nature at http://savorynature.com/2014/05/23/dairy-free-chocolate-berry-parfait/