Prep Time: 25 mins
Cooking Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Ingredients
Almond Crackers
- 1 cup almond flour or almond meal, packed
- 2 tablespoons flaxseed meal
- 4 tablespoons water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Spicy Coleslaw
- 1 head green cabbage, shredded
- 1 1/2 cups carrots, julienned
- 12 pepperoncini or banana peppers, julienned or diced
- 4 scallions (green onions), sliced
- Mineral salt & pepper, to taste
- Sesame seeds, to serve
Dressing
- 4 tablespoons tahini
- 4 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoons pure cane sugar or pure maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar or juice of 1/2 lemon
- Pinch of fresh cracked pepper
Cooking Instructions
Almond Crackers
- Before the prep, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, mix the flaxseed meal and water. Set aside for 10 minutes, stirring every so often. To confirm if it’s ready, check if the mixture has become gooey. It will act as the binder for the dough mixture.
- In a blender/food processor, grind 1 and 1/4 cup raw almonds into a fine powder.
- Now, in a medium-size bowl, combine the almond flour, flax mixture, salt, and optional seasonings like black pepper, thyme/oregano, chilli flakes .
- Achieve a dough-like consistency by mixing and form it into a ball and place it on a flat surface lined with parchment paper. Cover with another piece of parchment paper, press down with your hand to flatten and finish rolling with a pin to about 1/8 inch thick. The thinner, the better and more crispy the crackers will be.
- Remove the top layer of paper. Using a pizza cutter or knife, cut squares or diagonals into the size of your preference. Using a toothpick or small fork, poke the center of each cracker to allow steam to escape during baking, thus, prevent them from puffing up. Sprinkle a little coarse sea salt.
- Now, take the lined baking sheet and carefully transfer each cracker to the baking sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes. After the first 10 minutes, keep an eye on them, removing the ones (around the edges) that are done. This is because they may get a burnt flavor until the crackers in the middle are done. When done, let cool.
Spicy Coleslaw
- In a small bowl combine dressing ingredients. Set aside. After five minutes (or even longer to let the flavors gel well), taste for flavor; add sweet or savory flavor if you feel the imbalance.
- In a large mixing bowl, add cabbage, carrots, pepperoncini and scallions. Drizzle the dressing onto the veggie mix and combine well. Add salt & freshly cracked pepper to taste.
- Serve with a sprinkle of white sesame seeds over top at room temp or chilled (make in advance if you like it that way) with the almond crackers.
Nutrition Facts
- Calories: 150 kcal per serving (of total of 8 servings)
- Carbohydrates: 20.6 g
- Sugar: 7.4 g
- Fiber: 6.5 g
- Fats: 9 g
- Protein: 7.5 g
