Cherry Pie
Tuesday 27th December 2011

Ingredients:
Crust
- 3 cups Almond Flour
- 1 1/2 cup Coconut Flour
- 1 cup Coconut Oil (melted)
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 Egg
- Water
Filling
- 4 cups of Cherries (pitted and sliced)
- 1/4 cup Raw Organic Honey
- 2 tablespoon Arrowroot Powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Almond Extract (optional)
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
- Combine all crust ingredients except water in a bowl and mix well, you should have a crumbly mixture.
- Slowly add water in 1 tablespoon increments and mix well to help you form a dough.
- Once you have a dough, grease your pie dish with coconut oil and using your hands spread your crust throughout your dish and up the sides ensuring it is even around the dish.
- Place your crust in the oven and bake for 8 minutes.
- While your crust is baking, place your water and honey in a saucepan over medium heat and stir until well combined.
- Slowly add in your arrowroot powder and continually stir until your sauce thickens.
- Add in all your cherries and then continue to stir over the heat for 2-3 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and add your almond extract and stir well.
- Drain the cherries through a sieve to remove juice.
- You should have your crust out of the oven now, pour your cherry mixture into your crust and distribute evenly.
- Place juice into a saucepan and simmer over low heat until it thickens, stirring regularly.
- Let juice cool and pour into crust.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes.
- Remove and let cool.
This recipe was original based off this one with my own modifications.