Well, I’ve just arrived home from a lovely holiday on the Sunshine Coast of Australia, where I’ve been enjoying my fair share of fresh tropical fruit (in abundance!!); passionfruit, lychees, watermelon, mangoes - SO so good. Some of my holiday highlights mirror last years trip; waking up to the sound of crashing waves, visits to the local farmer’s market to pick up produce for the week, lounging by the pool reading a book, beach walks, exploring the coastline, and dinner dates with the husband - more BTS over on @gatherandfeast
For this week’s recipe I thought I’d capitalise on all the beautiful fresh produce we have in Australia right now and create this amazing frozen fruit and nut grazing board!
This board is jam packed with frozen bananas dipped in dark chocolate, frozen pineapple and watermelon sprinkled with mint and pistachios, fresh passionfruit, lychees, strawberries, dried mango, dried turkish apricots with brazil nuts, almonds, macadamias, goji berries and fresh mint! YUM!
You can create this grazing board concept at any time of the year, using produce in season at the time. It's a great throw it all together, super easy entertaining dessert, with a little something for everyone. During the autumn/winter months I usually use fresh and poached pears, fresh and baked apples, persimmons, roasted almonds, chestnuts, dark chocolate, and maybe even some gingerbread for a little sweet treat.
Enjoy creating your own fruit, nut and chocolate grazing board and don't forget to tag me @gatherandfeast and #gatherandfeast so I can see all your wonderful creations!
PS: Here's a little Coastal Adventure + Picnic Inspiration Mike and I captured while away on the Sunshine Coast last year. x
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Serving Plates: Marble Basics
Ingredients
GF, RSF, VGN 
20 mins + freezing time 
12 - Bananas
- Pineapple
- Watermelon
- Passionfruit
- Strawberries
- Blackberries
- Grapes
- Fresh mint
- Dried mango
- Brazil nuts
- Cashews
- Macadamias
- Pistachios
- Almonds
- Goji berries
- Turkish apricots
- Dark chocolate
Method
Chocolate Dipped Bananas
- Slice bananas in half and place in the freezer overnight.
- Remove the frozen bananas from the freezer and dip into melted chocolate.
- Sprinkle with roughly chopped roasted almonds and place back into the freezer until you are ready to use them.
Watermelon & Pineapple
- Slice the watermelon and pineapple and place into the freezer until frozen (I like to put mine in an airtight container separating the layers with baking paper).
Grazing Board
- Arrange the frozen fruit, fresh fruit, nuts and chocolate onto a large serving board, sprinkle with fresh mint (and edible flowers if you have some) and enjoy with friends!
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