Key Lime Pie Recipe

Makes

One 23cm round pie

Ingredients

Macadamia nut base

400g (14 oz/2½ cups) activated macadamia nuts
135g (4¾ oz/1½ cups) finely desiccated coconut
3 tbsp coconut nectar
2 tbsp lime zest
1 tsp vanilla powder

Lime & coconut filling

375ml (13 fl oz/1½ cups) lime juice
2 avocados, flesh chopped
185ml (6 fl oz/¾ cup) coconut nectar
185ml (6 fl oz/¾ cup) Coconut mylk
250ml (9 fl oz/1 cup) cold-pressed extra virgin coconut oil
1 tsp spirulina powder
1 tsp vanilla powder
2 tbsp non-GM soy lecithin
Pinch of Himalayan pink salt or Celtic sea salt

To serve

Twisty lime slices (see tip) and lime zest, to garnish
Desiccated coconut, for sprinkling

Method

1. Process all the nut base ingredients in a food processor until well combined. The mixture should bind to itself when pressed together between your fingers. Press into a 23 cm (9 inch) pie tin lined with plastic wrap and set aside.

2. Blend all the filling ingredients until super smooth. Pour over the pie base, then leave to set in the fridge for 4 hours, or overnight.

3. Remove the pie from the refrigerator. Just before serving, garnish with twisty lime slices, lime zest and a sprinkling of desiccated coconut.

4. The pie will keep in an airtight container in the fridge for 5 days, or can be frozen for several months.

Coconut mylk

Makes

750 ml (26 fl oz/3 cups)

Ingredients

Liquid and flesh from 1 young coconut
500ml (17 fl oz/2 cups) filtered alkaline water
2 tbsp coconut nectar, or 2 pitted medjool dates
Pinch of Himalayan pink salt or Celtic sea salt

Method

Place everything in a high-speed blender, add a bunch of good vibes and blend on high speed until smooth. Pour through a fine-meshed strainer, or squeeze through a nut milk bag before serving.

The mylk will keep in clean, airtight glass jars in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Tip

To make twisty lime slices, cut a slit into each lime slice, running from the centre to the outside. Take the two ends from either side of the slit and twist them in opposite directions.

Recipe extracted from The Naked Vegan by Maz Valcorza (Murdoch Books, £14.99). Photography by Ben Dearnley.

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