Raw Foods Book: Recipes and Detox Diets for Healthy Eating

This elegant dessert is more than just good looks and taste. Lucuma is a highly nutritious, exotic Peruvian fruit known as the “Gold of the Incas”.

• 1 green apple, cored
• 1 tablespoon lucuma powder
• 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
• 3-5 raw pecan halves, grated

Thinly slice or dice the apple. In a medium bowl, mix together lucuma powder and maple syrup until a creamy caramel sauce is made. Add the sliced apple to the caramel sauce and toss to coat. Spoon apple mixture into a small dessert dish, or tart mold, and press down gently. Grate pecans with a cheese grater directly over the apples for a crusted topping. If using a tart mold to make free standing tarts, gently remove before serving.

Serves 1