Cashew-Pear Cream

Name: Cashew-Pear Cream
Yield: Makes 1¾ cups (435 ml)
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon (2 ml) vanilla extract; ½ cup (125 ml) raw cashews; 1 can (14 ounces/398 ml) pears packed in water or juice

Preparation info

Makes
1¾ cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Kick Diabetes Cookbook

By Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina

Published 2018

About

Use this light, creamy topping to embellish fruit salad, stewed fruit, porridge, pudding, or a fruit crisp.

Ingredients

1 can (14 ounces/398 ml) pears packed in water or juice
½

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Drain the pears but reserve the liquid. Put the pears, cashews, and vanilla extract in a blender and process until smooth, 1–2 minutes. Add some of the liquid from the pears to achieve the desired consistency. Stored in a sealed container in the refrigerator, the cream will keep for 4 days.