a luscious chocolate nut cream
2 cup cashews, soaked a few hours, rinsed and drained
or other nut of choice:)
½ cup medjool dates, soaked until soft
1 cup fresh water, or more if
needed
2 tablespoon chia seeds, finely ground
1 heaping tablespoon cocoa powder
1.blend all ingredients in blender until light and creamy..adding water if needed, or a little melted coconut oil if it gets too loose:)
2.chill for at least 1 hour
3.pipe onto chilled pie , as desired
here is the filling [5] ....thanks Rawaholic:)
here is the crust [6] ....thanks poemomm:)
the stars are molded in chocolate molds using my real chocolate chips [7] recipe:)
picture#2…here is a lovely cranberry variation [8] ...thanks waterbaby..it has a little coconut oil in it, and i just realized when i made it i only used 1 cup of cranberries, but it still turned out well:)
picture#3…this is the chocolate variation of my spiced walnut cream [9]
this is a great recipe to play around with, use different nuts, different flavors…the possibilities are endless:) if using berries for flavoring, you may not need water:)
to make the decorative pie crust edge , i make a plain smooth edge to start…then, i use a chopstick held in my left hand, since i’m “lefty” :), and press it into the crust while holding it at a slight angle, and slightly pointed down into the pie, and push up on the crust to the right of the stick with the thumb on my right hand, if you are “righty” reverse the instructions..you sort of develop a rhythm while turning the pie:)...i hope i was able to explain… i will edit if i think of anything that might help:)



