Raw Strawberry Coconut Cream Pie
Summer and strawberries. What a great combination. A friend of mine dropped off a very large box of strawberries the other day and the fun began. I have been having spinach-strawberry balsamic salads, putting strawberries in green drinks and just eating them by the dozens! Noticing that the rest of the strawberries needed to be used now, I decided to put together a recipe for a strawberry cream pie! The crust is a delicious combination of macadamia nuts and almonds with coconut while the filling is a light, healthy combination of cashews, coconut meat plus a few more ingredients. The special surprise is the layer of cacao that lines the crust. This recipe uses an 8″ pie plate.
Raw Strawberry Coconut Cream Pie
MAKES ONE 8-INCH PIE
Crust
- 1/2 cup macadamia nuts
- 1 cup almonds
- 1/2 cup fine dried coconut
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons agave (or other liquid sweetener of choice)
- Place macadamia and almonds in the food processor. Process until a coarse meal is achieved.
- Add the coconut oil, coconut and agave. Pulse until blended.
- Spread into an 8″ pie plate. The crust will be sticky so it helps to do this with wet hands.
- Refrigerate.
Chocolate Sauce
- 1/2 cup cacao powder
- 1/2 cup agave
- 1/4 cup coconut oil (melted over warm water)
- 1 vanilla bean
- Split Vanilla bean in half and with a table knife, scrape all the pulp out of the inside of the bean.
- Place the vanilla bean scrapings and and the rest of the ingredients into the vitamix. Blend for 2 minutes.
- Spread a layer (you will have quite a bit left over) on the bottom of the crust.
- Place in refrigerator to set.
Filling
- 2 cups cashews, soaked for 6 hours
- 1 cup coconut meat (from young coconut)
- 1 vanilla bean
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup water from young coconut
- 2 cups sliced strawberries
- flaked dried coconut
- Split the young coconut and reserve 1/4 cup water. Scrape out the filling.
- Combine all ingredients in vitamix. Process until smooth.
- Place filling in bowl and stir in sliced strawberries.
- Pile filling into chocolate lined crust, top with flaked coconut and refrigerate until set.
Krunsdogs wrote on June 15, 2009
Made this yesterday and it was awesome! The chocolate sauce is sooo good. The problem is allowing the pie enough time to set before it is devoured. The family loved it!
cherrybombpie wrote on June 13, 2009
OMFG I need to make this like NOW!
bitt wrote on June 12, 2009
*wipes drool off keyboard*
yummmmmmmm
Krunsdogs wrote on June 11, 2009
This looks so good. I know the family would love this!
Kimi @ The Nourishing Gourmet wrote on June 10, 2009
That looks delicious!
mandy wrote on June 10, 2009
can’t beat strawberries and chocolate!
Nathalie Lussier wrote on June 10, 2009
Oh wow! I was drooling just looking at the first picture. Then when I saw there was actually a chocolate layer under there… I was sold on it. 🙂
Mandee wrote on June 9, 2009
That pie looks gorgeous!
VeggieGirl wrote on June 9, 2009
Heavenly pie!