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Day #138 Banana Crème Pie – EVERYDAY RAW DESSERTS (not released yet)

December 10, 2009

This is the big surprise!! Two nights ago I received an email from Matthew Kenney!! He sent this Angelic Banana Creme Pie dessert. This pie was created by Matthew Kenney himself and Meredith Baird. Meredith helped Matthew on every aspect of his new book. She has her own website and is the founder of L.O.V.E. Nude Food. I have been so excited for the last 2 days, waiting to make this pie. It is the biggest pie I have made! I used at least 6 cups of cashews to make it. I know I am bringing this pie to a special place-I am bringing it to the Gainesville Potluck on Tuesday. I am looking forward to hearing how delicious they think it is. The last time I went I brought the Lavender Pie and everyone loved it.

I am glad I purchased more cashews. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have had enough to make the pie.

First I made the crust

Jason was here to help me open up the Thai coconuts. The coconut creme recipe called for the coconut milk, so used the coconut meat and water. I blended it up first then poured it into a glass jar to save it for the creme recipe that I did after the filling.

I couldn’t find macadamia nuts ANYWHERE!! Is there always a shortage?? I guess I need to order them online. I had to use cashews for the crust:( I really tried to find mac nuts. I went everywhere close to my home. Rutabagas doesn’t carry them. Walmart was out and I didn’t see them at any of the other grocery stores. Even bananas were a challenge for me to purchase. Rutabagas nanners were green and I needed ripe bananas, so Jason stopped at Sam’s on his way home from his LAST day of school (Yippy!!) and the lines were too long and we had to get Sabby to soccer, so he didn’t buy them. So it’s later than I wanted to make it, but it is well worth it. It is a 3 part recipe and it only took 20 minutes. That includes cleaning out the Vitamix.

I think my Vitamix is dying. It started smelling really bad and I had to pour the mixture for the banana filling into a bowl and stir the mashed bananas (I mashed them in food processor) into the mixture. I then added coconut oil. I mixed it until the coconut oil was well incorporated. Even though I didn’t use the Vitamix for the entire filling mixture, it was creamy and smooth like silk. It’s a very beautiful mixture. I poured the filling into a plastic lined cheesecake pan because I still don’t have tart pan (it actually calls for a tart pan).

I added bananas to the top of the banana creme filling, then I had to make the coconut creme.
I made the coconut creme in the Vitamix after the banana filling and it worked great, so I think that I just can’t add too many cashews to the Vitamix. I added the coconut creme on top of the banana creme and the bananas. The coconut creme is the best coconut mixture I have EVER had!! I absolutely love it! It is creamy and light. It reminds me of yogurt I used to buy. Oh my gosh!! Thank you Matthew and Meredith! I can’t wait for the entire book to come out. I know that it will be the best dessert book! Desserts are my favorite to make. Please OH Please release the book soon! I want to include it in my project.

Note to readers-this pie is rather expensive BUT if you made it for yourself you could freeze it and it would probably last at least a month. It is huge:) I wouldn’t want to keep it for myself, I love to share these creations.

I made Jason his own pie. I love the mini cheesecake pans. They are so adorable!

The kids enjoyed the filling too. I didn’t make them their own because they don’t really care for coconuts.

“There is sweet water inside a tender coconut. Who poured the water inside the coconut? Was it the work of any man? No. Only the Divine can do such a thing.”- Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Banana Crème Pie
Makes one 9 inch pie

Crust Ingredients
Macadamia Nuts
Coconut Flakes
Agave Syrup
Coconut oil
vanilla Extract (or 1 bean)
salt

Banana Crème Filling
Soaked Cashews
Mashed Banana (I put bananas in food processor because my Vitamix malfunctioning)
Agave Syrup (maybe half honey)
Vanilla Extract
Lemon Juice
salt
coconut Oil

Coconut Crème
soaked Cashews
coconut Milk *
agave
Vanilla
Lemon juice
Coconut oil liquefied
salt