Wishing you all a happy and bright 2016 with my sunny persimmon pizza pie! A sweet crumbly nut based crust combined with a beautifully green cashew cream and juicy persimmon slices means I’ve taken pie to a new level of healthy. It’s basically just nuts and fruit:)
This pizza pie is a brighter colored copy of my pink fig pizza pie. The crust is exactly the same, only the toppings differ. That’s what I love about cooking: there are endless combinations to be created with very similar ingredients. The green cashew cream is nearly identical to the green frosting on my festive chocolate cake. I’ve also used this as a frosting on some yummy mini treats seen on Instagram (and soon on the blog too). And persimmons – well, they are simply gorgeous just as they are, aren’t they? Persimmons always make me smile. They remind me of the sun and light, and of spring which is here in just a couple of months. I’m smiling as I write this, that’s how happy the thought of spring makes me.
And speaking of happy thoughts, I hope this year brings you true happiness. I hope you have courage and strength to work towards your dreams. Last year I did just that, and this is where I am now: creating, cooking, practicing food photography, writing this post – making my dreams come true.
This delicious persimmon pizza pie is one of the many happy foods coming from the Berry Forest this year:) I hope you’ll stay tuned!
- [b]Pizza pie crust[/b]
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- Dry ingredients:
- ⅓ cup almonds
- ⅓ cup walnuts
- ⅓ cup white rice flour
- 2 tbsp coconut sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp ground cardamom
- ⅛ tsp good quality salt (e.g. Himalayan salt)
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- Wet ingredients:
- 2 tbsp melted coconut oil
- ¼ cup plant based milk (e.g.unsweetened almond milk)
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- [b]Green cashew cream topping[/b]
- 1 cup soaked cashews (soak cashews in water for ~4 hours)
- 1/3 cup water OR plant based milk
- 1,5 tsp agave nectar (or sweetener of choice)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp Ceylon cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp cardamom
- 1/2 tsp spirulina powder
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- Toppings: 1 ripe persimmon
- Soak cashews for ~4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 200C/390F.
- [b]Pizza pie crust: [/b]Blend almonds and walnuts into flour. Mix all dry ingredients together in a bowl.
- Add melted coconut oil and plant milk to the dry ingredients and mix well.
- Pour the batter on to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and mold it into a pizza shape.
- Bake in 200C/390F for 10 minutes. Let cool before adding toppings.
- [b]Cashew cream: [/b]drain and rinse soaked cashews.
- Blend cashews in a high speed blender or powerful food processor together with water/plant milk, agave, vanilla, cinnamon, cardamom and spirulina until creamy and smooth. Add more water/milk if needed.
- [b]Assembling the pie: [/b]when the pie crust has cooled completely spread cashew cream on top.
- Cut persimmons into thin slices and put on top of pizza pie to form a sun.
- Enjoy this sunny pie (and dream of warm spring days)!
What a great idea Tiina ? Thanks for sharing ? And I’m happy that you are following your dream as this is what you are meant to do ☺️
Thank you SO MUCH <3 I'm sure this year will make lots of dreams come true for you:)
Your posts always make me smile 🙂 Happy and bright is just your style with everything you make! And the thought of spring makes me smile too. I am loving this green version of pizza! Your fruity pizzas just might be my favorite version of pizza. I agree with you on the persimmons, for a winter fruit they have a bright spring vibe to them. I know that you have worked very hard to get to this point and I can’t wait to see where 2016 takes you <3
Thank you so much Natalie:) We’ve had many fruity pizzas last year and it seems like the trend is going on strong, at least here in our kitchen. I’m going to make RAWNOLA!! So excited, like a little kid. And I’m really waiting for spring, it’s -4F / -20C here now…I’m freezing inside our house too. So I need every reminder of spring I can find, even if it’s something edible like persimmon pizza pie:) Have a wonderful day!
I’m so proud of you Tiina !! Told you and can’t wait for your book one day too! Your pictures are as stunning as your recipes. When you said Spring is coming *sigh* my smile turned upside down cause when Spring comes to you, it will be Winter here :p Will plant more Winter crops to make my Winter a more pleasant experience. It’s been raining here for the past few days with some floods in the northern part of the state. So I think I will soak in the persimmon sun for now xx Beautiful x
This means the world to me – Thank You<3 <3 And you know what's funny, when I was writing about Spring and Sun, I thought exactly the same as you - that it's Autumn or Winter time there then...It's crazy how we live like in another world - summer for you now and winter for us. It's actually -20 C freezing here now, totally FROZEN:) I hope you get to plant many lovely Winter crops:) Let's hope the rain stops soon. Love xoxo
These colours are absolutely stunning! Persimmon is such a beautiful fruit.
Also, well done for choosing happiness. All the best for all these exciting things to come! xS
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Thank You Sofia, what a sweet comment:) Persimmon is indeed very beautiful, one of my fav fruits. So versatile too, good for pies, smoothies and just as they are! Have a great end of the week! xo
Hi Tiina, what a real colorful cration! Love it. Hug and kiss Janine
It’s a real beauty, Tiina! I’ve been itching to play around with spirulina again more lately and all your colorful treats are giving me a lot of excuses to hurry up… 🙂