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Sumara's
Raw Foods Recipes |
Mile High Raspberry Pie
Crust
2½ cups pecans, pre-soaked
11 pitted medjool dates
2 teaspoons vanilla
Filling
2 cups frozen raspberries
2 egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla
10 medjool dates
1 cup raw cream
For the crust
process pecans and dates through a juicer using the solid screen.
Add the vanilla. Press the mixture into a 9-inch pie pan.
Dehydrate the crust for 1 hour at 105 degrees.
To make the filling combine
the raspberries (partially thawed), egg whites and vanilla in a large mixing
bowl. Beat at high-speed 15 minutes until thick and voluminous (can not use a
blender or a food processor for this as it will not gain the volume that it
does with a mixer).
Next process the dates through a juicer using
the solid screen and slowly add them to the raspberry mixture.
Whip the cream and fold into the raspberry
mixture. Scoop the filling into the pie shell and refrigerate, freeze or serve
immediately.
Makes 1 pie
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