The holiday season is upon us, and I’m on desserts for Christmas day!
Not everyone in the gang likes to eat dessert without sugar and wheat, so I’ll be making some good old fashioned gluten-y sugary stuff, and I’ll share those recipes with you too. But just for balance, here’s a really tasty, zingy, healthful lime pie recipe. It really bursts of citrus and is quite something! I’ve made it in both a square springform pan and a round one. Try it any ol’ way! Also, feel free to experiment with whatever nuts you have in your pantry … most of all … enjoy the experience and take lots of photos & notes!!
Key Li Lime Pie Recipe
Ingredients:
Base:
2.5 cups of macadamia nuts
2.5 cups of almonds
Packed 1/2 cup of well chopped dates/ date paste (just blend dates with a little vanilla & a drop of water so it blends easily, but don’t make it watery!).
1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean powder /extract/ scrapings of half a vanilla bean
1/4 teaspoon celtic sea salt
Pie Filling:
1.5 cups of lime juice (I used 9 garden limes)
Zest of 3 of those limes
2 medium – large sized avocados (approx 425 g) Use firm but not hard, ripe but not soft fellows.
3/4 cup coconut milk (no nasties added?!)
1 teaspoon vanilla bean powder / 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract/ scrapings of a vanilla bean
4 tablespoons of NON GMO lecithin granules
1 teaspoon of Vital Greens powder (or something similar)
1 cup rice malt syrup
12 drops liquid stevia (or to taste)
1/4 teaspoon celtic sea salt
1 1/3 cups of coconut oil melted. (I used expeller pressed coconut oil for this recipe as it has less coconutty flavour)
Method:
Grease a 9inch springform pan with coconut oil, unscented if you have it but any oil/fat not too pungent will work.
TO MAKE THE PIE CRUST:
In the bowl of your blender, process the nuts, vanilla and salt until small and crumbly. TAKE CARE NOT TO OVER-PROCESS OR THE MACADAMIAS WILL BECOME TOO OILY. If this happens don’t freak out! It will still be edible – it’s happened to me before and mine was!! It just doesn’t look quite as nice nor does it hold it’s shape as well, but definitely tastes good! You could possibly refrain from greasing your pie pan if this happens – twil be oily enough.
Continue processing as you add small amounts of the dates, until you see the crust starting to stick together. You want it to have the consistency of a mixture that can hold together with gentle pressure but can be broken apart with a clean break.
Then press this into the oiled pie/cake springform pan.
TO MAKE THE PIE FILLING:
Blend all the ingredients listed under ‘Pie Filling’, EXCEPT THE COCONUT OIL AND LECITHIN, until smooth.
Then once smooth and creamy, add the lecithin and coconut oil and blend again until smooth and well incorporated.
Blending Li Lime Pie Ingredients
I would taste here, to see if you need to adjust anything to your liking.
Then pour the filling into the pie crust and place in the freezer for about an hour to set.
Once set, you can decorate how you like to with the freeze-dried berries, or fresh berries if you have them and serve!
This will store in an airtight container in the fridge for at least 3 days.