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Delicious pie with chickpeas and sweet potato

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Can you really bake a delicious, sweet pie with chickpeas, sweet potato and pumpkin seeds? Yeah! And can you really replace eggs with chickpea flour? Yes! Gosh, I am (and you are) a lucky bird, because that’s what you get the recipe for today. An unusual and festive pie made with good stuff doing pretty good for you during Christmas.

 

Inspiration can really come from everywhere; in the bus, in the bath, in front of the tv or computer. The idea for this particular pie I had when I joined a Facebook group about food allergies. So much interesting things to learn! I immediately ran out in the kitchen with pen and paper, the usual start for my recipes and started quickly gathering all the ingredients. Ready, set and go! It took a few times before I got it the way I wanted it. Now it’s ready.

Delicious pie with chickpeas and sweet potato

A pie made with chickpeas (do you also have the freezer full of them after making lovely aquafaba mayonnaise …?). A rich filling made with sweet potato and chickpea flour instead of eggs and a topping with a toffee-like cream. The Christmas taste comes from gingerbread-spices that I have been using, a mix of cinnamon, clove, bitter orange, cardamom and a tiny bit of  pimento. Use pumpkin spice to replace the seasoning.
Serve the pie in thin slices with a bit of whipped cream or vanilla ice.

Don’t worry about the list of ingredients, it is a bit longer and contains perhaps a few more steps than usual but nothing is difficult in the recipe. To make the recipe you need a hand blender or food processor at hand.

The pie crust is delightfully crisp and if you exclude the vanilla powder it surely can be used pot pie. The same applies to the filling.
Enough talking, let’s get to work!

Merry Christmas to all of you!

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Pastry shell with chickpeas

Ingredients
260 gram cooked chickpeas
25 gram deodorized coconut oil
40 gram (gluten-free) oat flour (just mix gluten-free rolled oats in a blender until you have a flour)
A pinch of salt
1 teaspoon of vanilla powder
8 grams / 2 tsp physillium husk

How do I do it?
1. Mix all ingredients in a food processor or with a hand blender until you have a nice, smooth and fairly firm dough.
2. Let the dough rest in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes wrapped in plastic. Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Turn on the oven temperature 175 ° C
3. Flat out the dough with your hands in the pie dish. When finished, dot the surface with a fork. By doing this the dough will not glide down during the baking.
4. Bake the pie shell about 15 minutes and let it cool off slightly before adding the filling and once more bake it in the oven.

Sweetened “custard” with chickpea flour

Ingredients
160 gram / 5,6 oz boiled sweet potato
110 grams / 3,88 oz chickpea flour
195 grams / 6, 8 oz  lukewarm water
150 grams / 5,2 oz maple syrup alt coconut syrup
A pinch of salt
7 grams / 1.5 tsp baking soda
1 tsp pumpkin spice

How do I do it?
1. Lower the heat on the oven to 150 ° C.
2. Peel the sweet potato and cut into smaller pieces. Add it to a smaller pan and cover with water. Let it cook until the potatoes are soft.
3. Whisk / hand blend the chickpea flour and water in a mixing bowl. Leave it to soak until the potatoes are fully cooked then pour off the water.
4. Add the boiled sweet potato and other ingredients to the chickpea mix. Blend and mix until you have a smooth “custard”.
5. Pour the filling into the somewhat cooled pie crust and bake it 45 minutes at 150 ° C, or until the filling has set. Preferably allow the pie to rest for 15-20 minutes before pouring over the soft caramel cream.

Soft caramel cream

Ingredients
60 grams deodorized coconut oil
110 gram / 1.25 dl/ 3,8 oz oat cream
25 gram / 2.5 tbsp / 0,88 oz rice flour
180 gram / 6,3 oz maple syrup alt date syrup
A good pinch of sea salt
1,75 cups of pumpkin seeds
Zest of 1/2 lemon
15 grams / 1 tbsp / 0,5 oz lemon juice

How do I do it?
1. Raise the oven temperature to 225 ° C.
2. Toast the pumpkin seeds until golden in a dry skillet. When they smell nice, pour into a separate bowl and set aside.
2. Melt the coconut oil in small saucepan and add the remaining ingredients except the pumpkin seeds. Allow the mixture to gently simmer for about five minutes or until thickened. Add the pumpkin seeds and carefully fold them in without breaking.
3. Divide the caramel cream over the finished pie and bake the pie for another 15 minutes. Allow the pie to cool off slightly before you tuck into it.
Keep the pie in room temperature, if not it will become soft. It stays fresh for 4-5 days.

This recipe is gluten-free (if you made your own oat cream and oat flour on gluten-free rolled oats as in this recipe), lactose, milk protein, eggs, nuts, soy and refined sugar.

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