Kitchen Tips

How to make Hapī Clean Kai Co-op's paleo loaf

Every morning at Hapī they make these mini paleo loaves, adapting the basic recipe to suit their fancy for the day. Here are a few of their favourite flavour combinations

Basic wet mix

2bananas, mashed
⅓ cupextra virgin olive oil
3organic eggs
½ cupmaple syrup
1 tspvanilla extract
Method
  1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 8 mini loaf tins with baking paper and brush with oil or spray with non-stick spray.
  2. In a medium bowl, combine basic wet ingredients.
  3. Choose a dry ingredient combination from the five options below and follow instructions to complete the mixture.
  4. Place loaves in oven and bake for 20-30 minutes, (timings will vary depending on what you have added). Pierce one of the loaves with a bamboo or metal skewer; if it comes out clean, the loaves are cooked.
  5. Remove from oven and leave to cool before removing from tins.

Sweet maple walnut loaf

Combine1 cup杏仁,1 cupground walnuts,1 tspbaking powder, ahandfulchopped walnuts, ahandfulchopped dates, with apinchof salt, in a second bowl. Mix wet into dry ingredients and spoon into mini loaf tins. See step 4 to bake.

Raspberry & lemon loaf

Combine2 cupsground cashews and1 tspbaking powder in a second bowl with apinchof salt. Mix wet into dry ingredients then gently fold through zest1lemon,½ cupthread coconut and1 cupfrozen raspberries then spoon into mini loaf tins. See step 4 to bake

Spicy carrot loaf

Mix2 cups杏仁,1 tspbaking powder,1 cupgrated carrot,handfulsultanas,2 tspsunflower seeds,½ tspcinnamon, largepinchcardamom,¼ tspground ginger, and1 tspbaking powder in a second bowl with apinchof salt. Mix wet into dry ingredients and spoon into mini loaf tins. See step 4 to bake.

Blackcurrant & apple loaf

Combine1apple, peeled and grated with2 cups杏仁,1 tspbaking powder and apinchof salt in a second bowl. Mix wet into dry ingredients (you might need to add a little more almond meal to the mix, to get the right consistency) then gently fold through1 cupfrozen blackcurrants and spoon into mini loaf tins. See step 4 to bake.

Chocolate orange loaf

Combine2 cups杏仁,1 tspbaking powder, zest1orange,90gv 100% Samoan Cacao (or other good-quality cooking chocolate), and adash** rum (optional) in a second bowl with a pinch of salt. Mix wet into dry ingredients and spoon into mini loaf tins. See step 4 to bake.
Hapī Clean Kai co-op
89 Hastings Street, Napier

www.hapi.nz
This recipe was first published inTaste magazine.
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