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Cacao : Brain & Heart Health Benefits , Recipe and more 🍫

The  cacao  bean is the source of perhaps the most magical and beloved foods on Earth because it is the source of chocolate. Even the cacao tree's official name,  Theobroma cacao,  recognizes the long-standing love most of us have for the fruit of this tree.  Theobroma  comes from the Greek language for "food of the gods." And while chocolate is the most popular and favorite of these foods from the cacao bean, an even healthier choice is raw cacao powder. How Is  Cacao  Powder Made? To produce raw cacao powder, raw cacao beans are simply cold pressed to remove the fat, and the remaining solids are ground into a fine powder.  Cacao vs. Cocoa: What's the Difference? Cacao powder contains all the beneficial nutrients and beneficial compounds of the raw cacao bean minus the fat. In contrast, cocoa powder is made from roasted cacao beans. And even if they look alike, the two are different. In making cocoa powder, up to 90% of the nutrients and beneficial compounds in raw c
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Chocolate Shortbread Trees 🎄

              Kids will love making and decorating these. And eating them, too.
These deliciously crumbly chocolate tree biscuits make the perfect decadent homemade gift around Christmas time. Drizzles with melted white chocolate and scattered with pistachios, there isn't much to not like. 

Ingredients
For the biscuits
250 g unsalted butter, chilled and chopped
150 g caster sugar
400 g plain flour, plus extra to dust
4 tbsp. cocoa powder
To decorate
150 g white chocolate
25 g pistachios, roughly chopped
Directions
  1. Whizz biscuit ingredients in a food processor until mixture starts to clump together. Tip on to a lightly floured surface and knead to make a smooth dough. Wrap in clingfilm and chill for 1hr.
  2. Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan) mark 4 and line 2 large baking sheets with baking parchment. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to 7.5mm (1/3in) thick. Stamp out 16 x 7.5cm (3in) stars, 16 x 6.5cm (21/2in) stars and 16 x 4cm (11/2in) stars, re-rolling trimmings as needed. Arrange on lined sheets (they don’t spread much) and bake for 10-12min, or until sandy to the touch (they will firm on cooling). Leave to cool completely on the sheets.
  3. Melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. To assemble the trees, using the melted chocolate as glue, stick together 2 large stars, misaligning the points. Next stick on 2 medium stars in a similar fashion, followed by two small stars to make a star tree. Repeat with remaining stars to make 8 trees. Drizzle over remaining white chocolate and sprinkle over the pistachios. Leave to set before wrapping in cellophane.

To store

Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.

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