Holiday Gift Box: Chocolate Enchanted Nut Candy

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(For all ingredients, please use organic versions if available)

• 1 cup walnuts
• 1 cup almonds
• 1 cup pecans
• 1 cup cashews
• 1 cup sunflower seeds
• ½ cup sesame seeds
• ½ cup flax seeds
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup corn syrup
• 1 tablespoon vegan margarine
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening

Directions (to roast the nuts):
1. Add the nuts and the seeds (1 cup of walnuts, 1 cup of almonds, 1 cup of pecans, 1 cup of cashews, 1 cup of sunflower seeds, ½ cup of sesame seeds, and ½ a cup of flax seedsand
2. Roast on medium heat
3. Keep mixing them

Directions (to make the syrup):
1. Add sugar
2. Add the corn syrup (you can also use rice syrup)
3. Add the vegan margarine
4. Mix everything
5. Roast on medium heat

Directions (prepare the baking sheets):
1. Grease them with vegan margarine or any other vegetable oil

Directions (to make the nut candies or the sweets):
1. After the nuts are roasted. Pour them in a big mixing bowl
2. Add the syrup (you can take it out when it almost reaches the point of boiling and
It will resemble caramel
3. Mix everything well
4. Spread the mixture evenly on the sheet
5. Put it in the fridge for about 10 minutes

Directions (to make melted chocolate):
1. Take 2 cups of chocolate chips
2. Add 2 tablespoons of vegetable shortening
3. Melt it in a double boiler
4. Everything needs to be mixed
5. While the chocolate is melting, cut the candies or the sweets
6. Dip the pieces of candies into the melted chocolate
7. The candies are still warm so take a short intermission until they cool down

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INGREDIENTS:
(for 4–6 people)

• 2 cups whole wheat berries soaked overnight (or bulgur wheat)
• 1 cup poppy seeds
• 50 grams maple syrup
• 50 grams raisins
• 1 cup almonds
• 1 cup walnuts
• 1 cup hazelnuts
• Water

Decorations

• Candied fruits
• Apple

PREPARATION: Use 1 portion of wheat for every 2 or 3 portions of boiling water, and we turn on the stove, simmer it for about 1 hour. Soak the poppy seeds in boiling water to remove the bitterness. Drain off the seed, wash it well to remove bitterness. Soak the raisins for 20–30 minutes to let them hydrate and become bigger. Drain off. Roast the almonds until they become a golden color. Remove from pan, put in a bowl. Roast walnuts and hazelnuts, toast them together on low flame, until they became golden in color. Remove from pan, put them together with almonds. Take the raisins and add them to the wheat, stir it a bit. Grind the poppy seeds using the mortar until they are milky, then add them to the wheat. We stir and wait for 5–10 minutes so they are hydrated. Put the mixture of walnults, hazelnuts, and almonds into the mortar and grind well. Then put them into the flour, and mix well. Add in maple syrup. Thes syrup is sweet enough, so we can put less than we would put sugar. Stir well. Turn off heat, and place in the fridge to cool for 2 hours. Garnish: Decorate with colorful candied fruits: with cherries, oranges, pears and apple, etc.