The time has come: It is pumpkin season.
I’ve never really understood the craze and I really never understood the depth of the craze until the past few years (unless that’s when it started ..?) but now that I can see that there is no choice but to join it, I present to you a rawified pumpkin pie.
I never really liked pumpkin pie growing up but now that I have a raw version that is made from coconuts I feel like there is nothing not-to-love about it! This is so simple and inspired by two blogging beauties: My Whole Food Life and Fragrant Vanilla Cake. The idea to use coconut came from MWFL and the idea to ditch the pumpkin came from FVC. I combined these two simple yet genius ideas and made an easy, tasty, and very Fall-ish Pumpkin-ey Pie.
Clean Pumpkin Pie
serves 8-12
Ingredients
For the crust:
- 1 cup buckwheat, soaked and dried
- 1 cup medjool dates, soaked
- 1/2 cup almonds
- 1 T cinnamon
- 1 t nutmeg
- sea salt
For the filling:
- 2 cups coconut meat
- 3 carrots, juiced
- 2 T coconut butter
- 1 T cinnamon
- 1 t nutmeg
- 1/4 t allspice
- 1/4 cloves
Instructions
For the crust:
- Grind the buckwheat in a food processor, blender or mini chopper** until a powder forms.
- Place in a large bowl.
- Process the dates with a couple tablespoons of the soak water until a paste forms and add to the bowl.
- Add the remaining ingredients and mix well until a dough is formed. I used my hands to mix.
- Press down into a pie dish until evenly distributed.
For the filling:
- Put everything in a very strong blender of in a food processor. It helps to finely chop the coconut meat ahead of time. Blend until smooth.
- Pour over the crust and then stick it in the freezer overnight. Move to the fridge a couple hours before you’re ready to serve.
HAPPY FALL
xo
**disclosure: if you purchase anything I link to you via Amazon I make a small percentage out of it at no cost to you! So cool for me, so cool for you!
Your pie sounds and looks delicious, and I am happy you liked the carrot idea :)!
Thanks Amy! It really is such an incredible idea, I had so much fun playing with it! so thank YOU! 🙂
Do you have any suggestions for something to use instead of coconut? My hubs is allergic. But I'm dying to try this!
Oh no!! What a horrible allergy to have. Actually, I have just made a persimmon pie that I will be posting soon. Instead of coconut, maybe just try good ole' pumpkin, sweet potato, or persimmon 🙂