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Vegan Chocolate Dream Pie 
Looking for a healthy dessert alternative to fruit? Try this uncommon combination of nuts, seeds, dates, chocolate and avocado. It will enlighten your viewpoint on veganism.
Crust ingredients:
- 2 cups pitted dates
- 1 cup nuts (hazelnuts, cashews, pecans, or any kind you like)
Crust directions:
- Roast the nuts for 10 minutes at 350 degrees, and then chop coarsely.
- Cover the dates in hot water for 5 minutes, then drain and squeeze out excess water until dates are mushy.
- Mix dates with nuts and press into a pie dish.
Filling ingredients:
- 2 ripe avocados
- ½ cup tahini
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup sugar
- 5 oz. melted dark chocolate
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 cups soy, almond, or rice milk
- 3 ½ tsp Agar Agar (This is a gel setting powder available at Asian food stores, made from seaweed as a vegan alternative to beef gelatin.)
- 1/3 cup boiling water
Filling directions:
- Blend all filling ingredients except agar agar and boiling water in a blender until smooth.
- Dissolve agar in 1/3 cup boiling water and let simmer for 30 seconds until fully dissolved.
- Pour agar agar solution slowly into running blender until thoroughly incorporated.
- Pour mixture into crust base and refrigerate two hours before serving.
Enjoy this pie’s light and silky consistency. Add more agar agar and chill longer to cut like a pie, add less agar agar, or none at all, to treat the dish like a pudding.
Who would have guessed that avocado and chocolate make such delicious counterparts?
Thank you to my friend Heather for this recipe, all the way from Melbourne, Australia.
Copyright © 2008-2015 Julie Strohkorb
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