pie - Chocolate Silk Pie

By tinathorn

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 1 1/2 cups Gluten Free Oat Flour or White Spelt Flour
• 1/2 cup White Rice Flour
• 1/4 teaspoon Sea or Pink Salt
• 2 Tablespoons Grape seed Oil
• 1/3 cup plus 1 Tablespoon Honey
• 1/2 teaspoon Natural Butter Extract
• 2-4 Tablespoons water
• Chocolate Filling:
• 1 3/4 cups Coconut Sugar
• 3/4 cup Xylitol
• 1/2 cup ripe Avocado
• 2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
• 1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt
• 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
• 2/3 cup White Spelt Flour, divided
• 1 1/4 cups full fat Cold Coconut Milk (use only the thick, white part)

Details

Adapted from naturalsweetrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Crust

Combine the oat or white spelt flour, rice flour and salt together in a mixing bowl. Add the oil, honey and butter extract and mix. Add 2 tablespoons of water, and mix until smooth. The dough should be smooth and pliable, but not sticky. If you need s few extra tablespoons of water, add it in. Lightly greased a 10 inch pie pan, smooth the dough into the pan and bake at 350 for 14-15 minutes. Allow the crust to cool completely.

filling

In a food processor, add the coconut sugar and xylitol. Process until smooth and powdery. Add the avocado, vanilla, salt, cocoa powder and 4 tablespoons of flour and mix until smooth and creamy. Next, in a separate bowl, beat the coconut cream with remaining flour until it is a thick, smooth and fluffy. Beat in the chocolate mixture to the cream on high, be careful not to over beat. Pour into your cooled pie crust. Place in the refrigerator for at least an hour. The pie will firm up more the longer it sits in the fridge. Cut into thick slices and be sure to top with Dairy Free Whipped Cream and garnish with dark chocolate curls or shavings!

NOTES:
If you like really sweet desserts, add a few dashes of powdered stevia. Typical chocolate silk pie is a little sweeter than this recipe, so be sure to taste the filling before pouring it into your pie pan to adjust the sweetness to your liking.

This pie crust is not a traditional crust and is not very flaky due to the lack of butter. You can replace the crust with a more traditional recipe. The recipe featured here is just super easy and totally vegan except for the honey. :)