My local deli has these lovely dried fruit rolls that cost a whole bunch, look lovely and don’t have a whole lots of ingredients in them. So I decided to see if I could do a version. An easy snack, or pre-dinner nibble with some cheese.
Cashew Chia Date Roll
2 tbls chia
1 tbls water
100g raw cashews
150g dried dates
Combine the chia and water together , leave for 5 minutes to soak in. Blitz all ingredients up in a small hand held blender. (This was a bit of a pain as it kept sticking, but keep at it.)
Scoop the mixture on to some cling film and then roll it into a log shape. Store in the fridge, and slice as needed.
cityhippyfarmgirl 
Delicious idea!
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An easy snack Alisa
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Looks great – I made something similar last year with dried figs and walnuts. Fantastic with cheese! 🙂
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I remember your one Celia. Yum. I think any dried fruit and nut combination would be a good one.
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Fantastic 🙂 Isn’t it great when you can re-create over-priced products? This looks delightful and well worth the effort.
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I’m always up for saving a few dollars, especially when taste isn’t being sacrificed 🙂
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Looks great and I’m sure it tastes fantastic. Do you have a tip for working with dried dates? Mine always seem to be too dry.
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Helen you could try a couple of different things. If th dates are super dry, you could soak a for a little before hand with some boiling water. Not a lot, just enough get some moisture back in. You could also try, cooking them up in a pot with a little lemon juice. Add the chia, cook up for a couple of minutes, take off the heat and then add the cashews. I think that would work too.
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Brilliant – a perfect recipe for me to make in the Thermomix and the chia could go some way towards assuaging any guilt about the cheese I’ll eat with it.
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Chia dissolves any guilt Amanda. It’s handy like that.
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YUM! I really like this 🙂
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Thanks Tandy
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Looks like a gorgeous French saucisson, which definitely isn’t vegetarian!
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It doesn’t it. Little Monkey was a little confused when he tasted what he thought was salami. Sweet!
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that looks really nice, i have some almonds in the fridge, i think ill give this a go on the weekend
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It should work with any dried fruit and nuts. I hope you like it.
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Yummmm, I love these but very rarely buy them due to the exorbitant price tag attached. Thanks for this. I’ll definitely try this out soon.
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Give it a crack, and a lot cheaper than the deli versions.
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This does look delicious and the kind of snack I would love!
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A very easy snack!
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I have some dried apricots and sliced blanched almonds that I’m going to do this with! Thanks for reminding me!
This is a great snack and makes a wonderful filling for oatmeal cookies as well!
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Mmm, they would make a good filling for a biscuit. Loving that idea, thanks Heidi 🙂
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it reminds me of one of my favo Italian sweet treat, chocolate salami. only this is way more healthy. thank for stopping by. xxx
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Chocolate salami??… Now I’ve just visited my trusty friend google, and clearly I’ve been missing out. I think I definitely need to try making some of this good stuff! What a great idea for Christmas too- thanks Barbara 🙂
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That’s as complex looking as charcuterie!
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It does look a little meaty doesn’t it.
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Oh my, that looks and sounds lovely. Much nicer than the shop one I am sure.
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fantastic – I love these sweet rolls when I taste them but balk at the price – you have inspired me – I must try some of my own
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Yum! I could definitely go a piece of this right now, it sounds (and looks) delicious, Brydie.
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Wow, that looks so amazing and easy to make. Thanks for sharing!
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there’s a brain tease going on here with this sweet tasting salami..it’s one of those things where i would slice a little bit off..just to even the edges..many times over til it was all gone..
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My first thought was … salami …., but I braved a second look and was glad I did. This is great stuff and I’m feeling really inspired now. These fruit and nut rolls would make great Christmas presents. My Aunt lives in Spain and occasionally I get a fig and almond round sent over which is pretty special. Am wondering what chia is, so just off to the internet to find out.
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