



XXL vanilla pod à la Cédric Grolet (vegan, gluten-free & without refined sugar)
Ingredients for 3 XXL vanilla beans:
300g cashews, 220g coconut cream (solid part on top of chilled coconut milk), 2 tbsp coconut oil, 50g vanilla almond cookie spread, 2 tbsp coconut milk, optionally the seeds of one vanilla pod and a little ground tonka bean, more vanilla almond cookie spread; for the chocolate coating: 80g dark chocolate, 1 tsp coconut oil, black cocoa powder
Preparation:
Soak the cashews in hot water for a few hours. Drain the water and blend the cashews with melted coconut oil, vanilla almond cookie spread, coconut cream, coconut milk, and (optionally) a little fresh vanilla and tonka bean in a blender until creamy. Transfer the mixture to a piping bag and pipe it in two parallel lines onto a piece of cling film. Pipe vanilla almond cookie spread in the center of one of the lines and next to it. Pipe more of the cream onto both lines of vanilla almond cookie spread. Carefully fold the cling film over the piped lines and roll it up to form a sausage shape. Repeat this process twice more, so you have a total of three vanilla pods. Freeze these for 6-7 hours. After freezing, melt the dark chocolate with a little coconut oil in a double boiler. Using a pastry brush, spread the chocolate onto the pods to create a bark-like pattern and give the vanilla pods their characteristic appearance.

