Thursday, May 30, 2013

Grain-free Strawberry Pie


Strawberry Pie has always been a staple for my family in the month of May. All three of my siblings and my dad's birthdays are in this month and strawberry pie has been the ideal celebration dessert.  My mom loves to tell everyone how I, whose birthday is in the lovely month of January, would always want to have strawberry pie for my birthday, but never could because strawberries were not in season.  I was always devastated. Anyways, the BBQ birthday celebration came and went this last week and I embarked on a mission to create a grain-free, refined sugar-free, and possibly dairy-free {minus the whip cream} strawberry pie. It is my pleasure to share my results with you!

Strawberry Pie

Grain-free Crust
Makes 1 pie crust

Ingredients: almond flour, coconut flour, butter, honey, and an egg

First, slice up a stick of butter {1/2 cup} into 1/2 inch cubes. Place 1/2 in the fridge and the other 1/2 in the freezer.

In a Cuisinart {food processor} mix together:
• 1 cup almond flour
• 1/4 cup coconut flour

Pulse until crumbly/do not over mix:
• the butter that was in the fridge

Whisk together and then add to above by pulsing only a few times:
• 1 small egg
• 1 Tbsp honey {you may want to heat of the honey slightly to allow it to be whisked}

Lastly, add the butter in the freezer and pulse a few times.

Roll into a ball, cover with saran wrap, and place in the fridge for 20-30 minutes.  Then roll out on the counter with coconut flour.  May help to roll out in between two pieces of parchment paper.

Place in pie tin. Poke the bottom with a fork to prevent bubbles.

Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10-13 minutes. Watch carefully after 10 minutes to make sure it does not burn. 

Let cool. 

Then make the strawberry filling. Recipe is below.


Strawberry Filling

Ingredients: fresh strawberries, maple syrup, honey, stevia, 
and lemon juice

Place in a blender
• 1 1/2 cup fresh or defrosted frozen strawberries
• 2 Tbsp maple syrup
• 3 Tbsp honey
• 2-3 Tbsp lemon juice

Blend on low until well blended.

Strain into a pan.

Place the pan on the stove and bring to a boil. Then drop to a simmer for 8 minutes.

Whisk into above:
• 1/2 Tbsp coconut flour to thicken the glaze

Add to taste:
• a few drops of stevia or other sweetener of choice

Remove from heat. When glaze is lukewarm or cooler toss with fresh strawberries. I used 5 cartons worth, so I'm thinking approximately 7-8 cups. Place strawberries in the fridge to allow to marinate for 30 minutes to an hour. Then scoop the strawberries into your pie crust.

Let pie set in the fridge for a few hours to let the flavors meld together.

Optional: Add whipped cream {I made my own with maple syrup and vanilla extract} or make coconut cream for a Paleo alternative {Please let me know if you have a good recipe!}

Then enjoy! Share w/ family and friends or I wouldn't blame you if you keep this deliciousness for yourself :)


Comments (16)

Loading... Logging you in...
  • Logged in as
Holy cow this sounds seriously amazing. I CAN'T wait to try this recipe. What a perfect summer dessert! I'm a new follower. :)
-Erin
This looks so delish. You had me at the pie crust - great idea!
Would love for you to share this at my up where we pin all those who join to our party board http://myfashionforwardblog.com/2013/05/30/all-th...
Oh yum! This looks amazing! And with strawberry season right around the corner, a definite on my must make list :-) Would love to have you share this at what i am eating http://www.townsend-house.com/2013/05/what-i-am-e...
This looks fantastic! Wow!
Yummy. I love how simple and clean the ingredients are - this sounds like a super tasty pie! :D
YUM! That looks delish. Pinning now!!
CookinMommax5's avatar

CookinMommax5 · 633 weeks ago

This looks delicious! We are trying to stay away from butter, do you think coconut oil/butter would work in the crust?
Thanks!
1 reply · active 286 weeks ago
Sorry for the extremely late reply! If you are trying to stay away from butter, I’d first suggest trying nutiva shortening, which is a combination of organic coconut oil and red palm oil. However, Im sure coconut oil would work!
This look so deliciously amazing! I'm not a big pie eater, but I'd definitely give this one a try.

New Mama Diaries
Yum! This looks so great! Thank you it linking up at healthy 2day Wednesdays this week!
This pie looks insanely good! Wow! I am featuring your recipe this week on AFW :)
Woow this looks amazing I will make this for my gf tomorrow :D

Thanks for sharing

Miralem A. Dept Of Health Blog
This is the pie I was looking for many days :) ... the good news is I got fresh strawberries from my cousin's farmhouse just a couple days back. How amazing it will be when I will be preparing these amazing pies in bulk ... yummmy...!!!
I'd love to make this "Grain-free Strawberry Pie" for this evening. Its a brilliant idea, no doubt.
It's possible to make a strawberry pie in January using out of season berries. While they are not optimal in taste, it would've been a good solution.

Post a new comment

Comments by