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Empty cocoa-almond no-bake pie crust pressed into a clear glass dish in the WFLI kitchen

No-Bake Chocolate Almond Pie Crust for Later Full GAPS

A dark cocoa-almond press-in crust with prepared almond flour, coconut oil and raw honey; no oven required. For occasional later Full GAPS.
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Servings: 1 9 1/2-inch pie crust
Course: Dessert Component, Pie Crust
Cuisine: GAPS
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups flour from properly prepared almonds finely ground and dry
  • 3 tablespoons pure cocoa powder no added sugar or fillers
  • 1/4 teaspoon mineral salt
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil solid when measured
  • 2 tablespoons raw honey
  • 2 teaspoons ice water cold

Equipment

  • 1 9 1/2-inch pie plate clear glass helps check the bottom
  • 2 Mixing bowls one for dry, one for oil and honey
  • 1 Whisk for dry ingredients
  • 1 Fork or pastry blender for making crumbs

Method
 

  1. In a broad bowl, whisk 1 1/2 cups flour from properly prepared almonds with 3 tablespoons pure cocoa powder and 1/4 teaspoon mineral salt. The dry mixture should be even, matte and powdery with no separate cocoa pocket.
    Dry prepared almond flour, cocoa and salt mixed in a bowl before adding oil or honey
  2. In a second bowl, work 1/4 cup solid coconut oil with 2 tablespoons raw honey. Use a fork or pastry blender to cut this mixture into the dry cocoa-almond flour until small uneven crumbs form; do not make a smooth paste.
  3. Fold in exactly 2 teaspoons ice water. The crumbs should remain distinct but form a loose clump when pressed. Do not add extra water to turn them into batter.
    Damp cocoa-almond crumbs after coconut oil, honey and ice water are folded in
  4. Press about half the crumbs across the bottom of a 9 1/2-inch pie plate in a thin continuous layer. Press the rest up the side in small handfuls and join the bottom-to-side corner without bare gaps. Do not bake. Add a separate chilled filling according to its own recipe.

Notes

Later Full GAPS: Cocoa is an occasional later-program food after digestive symptoms have gone. This crust is not for Introduction Diet.
Prepared almond flour: Use flour from properly prepared almonds. Keep the water at the measured two teaspoons.
No bake: Press the crumbs into the dish; add a separately prepared chilled filling.

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