Gluten Free Panforte

Panforte is easy to make from the excellent quality dried fruit, nuts and seeds which are readily available here. It is a great portable snack; satisfyingly filling and useful to bridge a gap on those occasions when there is nothing gluten free available. It has a long shelf life, providing it is well wrapped and kept at room temperature. The original 'energy bar'.


Ingredients
1 cup pistachios
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
3 balls stem ginger, finely chopped
zest of 1 orange
100g good quality soft figs, sliced
1/2 cup gluten free flour
2 tablespoons gluten free cocoa powder
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup honey

If you are making one large "cake" then a 23 cm cake tin, generously greased and lined, if you are not going the silicone route. [I used individual silicon pie dishes and got 10]

Preheat the oven to 150 degrees.
Mix together the nuts, seeds, ginger, zest, figs, flour, cocoa powder in a large bowl.

Put the honey and sugar in a large pan and bring to the boil and bring to soft ball stage.
Quickly stir in the dry ingredients and place in the baking tins.
Bake 35- 45 minutes for 23 cm tin or 15 -25 for individual