Lavender Refreshing Bars
- 200 grams wholemeal biscuits, ground
- 6 tablespoons coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 500 grams soft cottage cheese, low-fat
- 150 grams white Greek yogurt, fat-free
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 8 tablespoons cane sugar (or to taste)
- 2 tablespoons dried lavender flowers (preferably from herb store) to make 1.6 - 1.8 l of the tea
- 13 grams agar-agar
- 3 tablespoons black-currant syrup
- 10-15 sprigs fresh lavender flowers to garnish
- Mix biscuits with coconut oil and honey, then press into the form of 32 x 23 cm (12 19/23 x 9 1/16 in) using the cup with a flat bottom
- Bake for 15 min. in an oven preheated to 150 oC (302 oF), to harden the layer
- Combine cottage cheese, yogurt, vanilla, sugar (if it is too solid, add milk) and then stir in boiled agar in the lavender tea (550-600 ml),
- Pour the agar mixture into the form with biscuits, it will solidify in a few minutes, then store the form in a refrigerator, work quickly because agar solidifies fast, the height of curd cheese layer should be around 2 - 2.5 cm (0 .63 / 64 in)
- Meanwhile make the jelly top layer: dissolve 3 g agar in 400 ml of lavender tea, let stand for a few minutes to swell it and then boil over low heat for a few minutes, add syrup, wait until it cools down a bit (but does not harden) and pour over the solidified cheese layer in the form, allow solidify in the refrigerator for an hour covered with the foil or preferably overnight
- Cut into slices (12 large squares, or 24 smaller rectangles)
- Garnish with small sprigs of lavender
wholemeal biscuits, coconut oil, honey, yogurt, vanilla, cane sugar, dried lavender flowers, agaragar, blackcurrant syrup, lavender flowers
Taken from food52.com/recipes/59691-lavender-refreshing-bars (may not work)