A paleo dinner party and divine dessert

Had the in-laws over for dinner the other night. On the menu was mustard, lemon and herb rubbed pork fillets, steamed greens with bacon and pine nuts, roasted cherry tomatoes, and a cauliflower and parsnip mash. Dinner seemed to be a great success, apart from the overload of garlic I put into the cauliflower mash (to level the playing field I made sure everyone ate it!) 
Apparently my father-in-law has been inspired to adopt a paleo eating plan and is clearing out the cupboards and researching recipes as we speak - what more can one hope for?!


Dessert was a winner. I borrowed a recipe for a Berry Cobbler from Everyday Paleo and modified a little. The original was done with fresh blackberries but I used frozen berries. 


Here's my take on it (serves 6-8 peeps, depending on the peeps):


Mixed Berry Crumble
Take one large rectangle baking dish.

Fill the dish with about 800g frozen mixed berries (I used strawberries, raspberries and blueberries).


For the topping I mixed up:
1 cup almond meal
0.5 cup organic shredded coconut
0.5 cup coconut flour
1 Tbs organic cinnamon
1 tsp organic vanilla
2 sachets Natvia
1 egg
2-3 Tbs coconut oil


Mix the egg and the oil into the dry ingredients. Using wet fingers, crumble the topping over the frozen berries.


Bake in moderate oven until topping has browned and the house is filled with delightful cinnamony-vanilla scents...


Enjoy on its own if you want to keep it purely paleo, or serve with some organic yoghurt, ice cream or cream. 
It was delicious the next day for breakfast and for afternoon tea...
The only downside is I forgot to take a pic, it was gone too quick! 


On the bench (substitutions):
Use whatever fruit is in season or you enjoy. Next time I plan to add in some apple and rhubarb. Would be great crumbled on top of halved stone fruits too.
You could add in some honey to the fruit or crumble mixture if you prefer it sweeter. 
If you don't like the coconut taste you could sub the flour for extra nut meal and some chopped nuts for crunch. 


Enjoy x