Tropical Fruit Loaf

Description

Delicious! Makes a great morning or afternoon tea accompaniment.

Summary

Yield	Servings
Prep time	1 hour
Meal Category	Afternoon Tea Morning Tea Snacks
Nutritional Category

Ingredients

15		pear (dried halves)
20		apricots (dried)
500	ml	water (room temperature)
1		banana (fresh)
1 1⁄2	Cup	wholemeal self-raising flour
60	g	almonds (chopped)
60	g	paw paw (dried and chopped)
60	g	mango (dried and chopped)
1	Teaspoon	cinnamon (ground)

Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 180^oC.
Lightly grease and line a 25cm x 10cm loaf tin.
Place pears, apricots and water in a saucepan, bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
Remove pears and set aside.
Place apricots and cooking liquid together with the banana in a food processor or blender and process until smooth.
Pour fruit mixture into large mixing bowl and stir in flour, almonds, pawpaw, mango and ground cinnamon.
Spoon a quarter of the mixture into the loaf tin. Top with a third of the cooked pears. Repeat layers until all mixture and pears are used, ending with a layer of mixture.
Bake for 50 minutes or until cooked when tested.
Stand loaf in pan for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.

Nutritional Information (per serve)

Energy: 730kJ
Total sugars: 1g
Protein: 3g
Sodium: 8mg
Calcium: 37mg
Total fat: 3g
Saturated fat: 0g
Iron: 2mg
Carbohydrate: 37g
Fibre: 5g

Notes

Using wholemeal flour instead of white gives extra fibre to keep your bowel healthy. Try substituting some white flour for wholemeal flour in your other recipes too!

Just remember, wholemeal flour is a little heavier than white as it is less processed. To maintain the texture of the recipe you can try this combination: 2/3 wholemeal flour and 1/3 white flour - this will give your recipe 'lightness' from the white flour as well as all the goodness from the wholemeal flour (fibre, vitamins B and E).

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Comments

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday 19-7-2011.

this sounds amazing but is it high in carbohydrates and fat??

Submitted by Jessica Kempler on Wednesday 20-7-2011.

Nutrition Australia’s Tropical Fruit Loaf contains natural ingredients including almonds and fruit. Nuts are high in both monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. These ‘good’ fats have been identified as nutrients that can help reduce an individual's risk of developing high cholesterol. Although the fats in almonds are ‘good’ fats, fat is high in energy and therefore should not be consumed in excess.

With regard to carboyhdrate content, we need to consider where the sugars are sourced from. The sugar in this recipe comes from fruit, which contains vitamins and minerals as well as dietary fibre required for bowel health.

When consumed in moderate amounts the recipe outlined above can help an individual meet their daily requirements of fruit, is low in saturated fat and contains no added sugar.