Vegan Key Lime Pie Tart

Happy St. Patrick’s day everyone!

Given the celebration I had to bake something green and what better way to celebrate than with a Key Lime Pie!

So I don’t usually think too much about sugar/fat content when I bake as I’m mainly vegan for the animals and environmental impact- not my waistline! However, I’ve crafted this recipe to be on the healthy side or at least “natural” side with a lot of ingredients that you’d include in a healthy balanced diet – fresh lemon/lime juice, oats, natural sugars, etc.

This recipe is completely gluten-free, refined sugar-free and so easy to make you’ll regret not trying it!

I must admit I’m pretty bad at food photography and food presentation in general. I’ve had zero training as a chef/baker/dessert-maker so I just improvise a lot of my presentation! Given how simple this recipe is, I decided to have a little fun with the toppings!

Onto the recipe:

Vegan Key Lime Pie

Recipe by Project Vegan BakingCourse: DessertDifficulty: Easy

Servings

12

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

30

minutes

Zesty, healthy key lime pie recipe! Gluten-free

Ingredients

• Oaty coconut base

• 100g Oat flour/rolled oats

• 40g desiccated/shredded coconut

• 60g maple syrup

• 80g chopped, ground nuts (I used almond)

• 30g coconut oil

• Filling:

• 240ml lime juice

• 1.5 cans of full fat coconut milk

• 2tsp agar powder

• 60g cornflour

• 2tsp vanilla extract

• 100g (5tbsp) maple/agave syrup

• 1 drop green food colouring or 1tsp matcha powder

Directions

• Pre-heat oven to 175C/350F.
• Process oats/oat flour, nuts and coconut in a food processor until a fine meal (roughly).
• Add coconut oil and maple syrup and squish together until it is a compact ball.
• Grease and line a tart tin (with coconut oil). Squish the base into the tin until you have a smooth flat layer.
• Bake for approximately 25minutes (or until it smells good/turns light brown).
• On a medium heat combine all filling ingredients except for agar powder. Reduce for approximately 5 minutes until thickened.
• Add the agar powder and stir through with a whisk. Immediately take off the heat and pour into the tart shell and put in the fridge to cool overnight.
• Go crazy with the decorations!