Totally Amazeballs Raw Blueberry Pie

So I had a wee bit of a jaunt down  to the sunny bay of plenty this last weekend just gone and it was magic. Sun, relatives, fishing, running around the mount. Bliss. And what better way to top it all off than a visit to my most favouritist orchard in the world. Blueberry Country in Ngatea. 

This place is the bizness. Beautiful ripe blueberries as far as the eye can see and armed with a bucket, you can pick till your little hearts content and cos they are only 10 bucks a kilo, that is usually until little miss 6 cant eat any more blueberries and is at risk of doing a slightly suspicious blue vomit. 

So, on this particular day, the heavens decided to open, along with cracks of lightening and thunder just as we arrived, so not wanting to end up a news headline ("woman hit by lightening in blueberry field", I know I have a vivid imagination)I decided to buy a couple of kilos of prepicked berries and they were AMAZING.

So, after eating nearly my body weight in blueberries on the way home in the car and dropping about a dozen on the beige seat as I shovelled them into my mouth, I  got home and thought "I should probably make something with the leftovers" so I made this pie. I had some for breakfast this morning and it is AMAZEBALLS. No other word could adequately describe it. 

And did I mention good for you? blueberries are packed full of antioxidants which have anti aging,immune enhancing, capillary strengthening, vision enhancing, cardiovascular supporting actions. Whoever said it has to taste bad to be good for you has got it all wrong!  

So whats in this pie?

Base

1 cup cashews- I used raw ones but whatever tickles your fancy

1/2 cup almonds- same deal

1 cup dates- I only had standard old  dried supermarket ones but fresh medjool dates would be great 

3 tablespoons of coconut oil 

Filling 

2 1/2 cups of fresh bluberries 

1 cup of dates 

1/4 cup of maple syrup

juice of half a lemon

4 tablespoons of coconut oil  

  

Topping 

Extra blueberries 
Coconut 

How do you do it? 

Put all of the ingredients for the base into your trusty food processor ( in case you hadn't noticed, my food processor is like family) and blend for a fair while until it is a peanut buttery type consistency. Press into a flan/cake tin with removable sides.

For the filling, add all filling ingredients into the processor and blend. They should be a beautiful purple colour. Pour over the base and top with the extra berries. 

Put into the freezer for an hour or so and then transfer to the fridge and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or preferably overnight. 

This gorgeous pie needs to be stored in the fridge and served super cold. 



Just for the record, this is the most amazing and easy dessert (in my case breakfast, lunch and dinner) that you will ever try. 
Seriously. You gotta try it. You would be silly not to. 

Enjoy!