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36 THE RECIPES maltatoday SUNDAY 4 MARCH 2018 This Week Method 1. To make the cashew cream, soak the cashews in plenty of water for 2 hours. 2. Drain and place the cashews into a blender. 3. Add the water, maple syrup, va- nilla and salt and blend until smooth, scraping down the sides as needed. 4. To make the chocolate mousse, put the avocado, cacao powder, maple syrup and salt into a food processor and blend until smooth, scraping down the sides as necessary. 5. Taste and adjust sweetener to your taste. 6. Place a large tablespoon of choco- late mousse into a glass, then add a tablespoon of cashew cream, another tablespoon of chocolate mousse and finish with cashew cream. 7. Finish with fresh raspberries and crushed hazelnuts. Chocolate avocado mousse with cashew cream Rachel Zammit Cutajar Ingredients • 2 very ripe avocados • 2 tbsp raw cacao powder • ¼ cup maple syrup or agave • ¼ tsp salt Cashew cream • 1 cup raw cashews • ½ cup water • 2 tbsp maple syrup • 1 tsp vanilla extract • ¼ tsp salt • Handful raspberries • Handful hazelnuts, crushed Made from a strict selection of grapes – exclusively of the Primitivo variety – grown on a terrain of reddish ochre earth mixed with slabs of limestone that have been crushed (according to the unique technique known as spietramento), and following 12 months' maturation in 65-hectolitre casks of precious Slavonian oak as well as appropriate bottle-ageing, this cru maintains the rigour of its indigenous cultivar whilst opening itself up to international taste. Indeed, the name Sasseo ("stony") chosen for this Primitivo is intended to recall the uniqueness, sunniness and strength of the terroir that one finds in the glass. Bouquet: This wine offers the nose full and intense aromas with hints of plums, jams of red fruits and sweet accents of spices. Palate: A wine of a good body, it has a mouth-filling flavour that is warm and soft and expresses a highly mature fruitiness, supported by a pleasant complex of sweet tannins. Food Affinities: Bean and chicory soup, red meats roasted over the coals and roast lamb. Exclusively imported by Charles Grech & Co. Ltd, Valley Road, Birkirkara T: 2144 4400 Sasseo Masseria Altemura, Sasseo Primitivo, Salento IGT , Italy