Living Rawesome Day #115 Pumpkin Flan with Crust pg. 78 entertaining in the raw
November 17, 2009
I finished my recipe early today. It’s only 9:30 am. Normally I am making the recipe at the end of my day. Last night it was 10:30 pm. I went to bed around 11:30 and woke up today at 4 am. I was writing recipes and notes for tonight’s gathering. It will be great to see everyone again. I haven’t seen so many of them for about 2 months. We will be in a new place with a fantastic guest speaker, Nuris Lemire, she is doing a presentation titled Digging Your Grave with Your Fork.
I made the filling for the pie. I am making it a bit different than the directions specify. I wanted to be somewhat different. My plan is to cut the filling into tiny squares and stick a piece of crust on top. My crust didn’t come out as crumbly as the directions said. I think sub-consciously I didn’t want it to crumble. I wanted to make ice cream sandwiches for Sabby and Christian. They loved them a few potlucks ago. This time I am making them with pumpkin filling. I know Christian will love them. He likes pumpkin ice cream. I saved a little in a small bowl and it’s in the freezer. It is too runny to put on the cookies. So when it hardens a little I will be able to form the ice cream sandwiches. I cut the cookies into square shapes. They look better as circles but I don’t want to waste any:)
If I could only find my camera. I have a iphone but I don’t know how to put pics on my computer. I know I am computer illiterate sometimes.
This recipe was more time consuming. I had to juice carrots and soak cashews. My coconut oil was hard so I had to melt it in the dehydrator. The pie filling is freezing right now and when it is done, I will still have to cut up the pieces. I am hoping it will turn out as I imagine it will.
Now I have to get started on the chili. Ahhh so delicious!
Pumpkin Filling Ingredients
3 cups cashews, soaked 2-3 hours
½ cup maple syrup
½ cup agave syrup
1 cup coconut oil
1 ¼ cup carrot juice
1 t vanilla
½ t salt
¼ vanilla bean, scraped
3 t ground cinnamon
3 t ground nutmeg
Blend all ingredients in a Vita-mix until very smooth. Pour into plastic-lined ramekins and freeze. I used a 9×13 in pan lined with plastic.
**I will post pics when I can.
“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.”-Jim Davis