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.
Lindsey wrote on July 1, 2015
We picked fresh organic strawberries from a local farm, so I needed a FABULOUS recipe to transform them into a delicious raw strawberry pie. Boy, am I glad I found your recipe. This pie was delicious!! I made a few adjustments to the sweetener, and I have to say, it turned out to be the PERFECT sweetness for my liking (so many raw desserts are overly sweet). For the crust, I used 2 dates instead of the agave and for the chocolate I used my favorite raw chocolate recipe: 1/2 c. cocoa, 1/2 c. coconut oil, 1 TBSP maple syrup (grade B), 1 tsp vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt. I’m so grateful to you for posting this recipe- thank you for such a wonderful, luxurious treat 🙂
Alexis wrote on November 12, 2012
I just finished making this and devouring a piece of it! Decadent & rich…LOVELY. I am new to “Raw Foods” and loving my first 7 days…….All of these recipes make me wonder why and how I didn’t discover them sooner. Thank you for sharing! SO YUMMY
Mindy wrote on June 5, 2012
YUM! This was killer! My 3 year old friend devoured it. The chocolate layer totally makes it. The recipe says that only part of the chocolate will be used, but I used it all and it was fantastic. Highly recommended! Susan’s recipes rock because they are all so easy and tasty. Thank you!