
Chocolate Cherry Frozen Yoghurt Pie
Abuja, Nigeria · View all recipes
Overview
A baked almond flour and cocoa crust filled with Greek yoghurt, protein powder and frozen cherries, frozen firm and finished with a chocolate drizzle. No country is claimed. **It is built on almond flour, which the title gives no indication of.** The title has been changed. The source calls this a protein pie and frames it as guilt-free, which is a nutritional claim rather than a description of the food. What it actually is, is a frozen yoghurt pie in an almond crust, and that is a more useful name for anyone deciding whether to make it. The URL is unchanged. The technique worth understanding is why it sets at all without an ice cream churn. Greek yoghurt is strained, so it has far less water than ordinary yoghurt and freezes into something scoopable rather than a solid block of ice. The coconut oil in the crust does something similar, it is solid at cool room temperature, so a chilled crust holds together without any flour or egg. One quantity looks wrong. Two cups of protein powder to two cups of yoghurt is a very high ratio, and protein powder absorbs liquid aggressively; the filling as written may be closer to a paste than a pourable mixture. Treat it as a starting point.
Ingredients
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Directions
- 1
Set the oven to 350°F / 175°C.
- 2
Combine the almond flour, cocoa powder, sweetener and melted coconut oil in a bowl for the crust.
- 3
Press the mixture into a pie dish to form the crust.
- 4
Bake for about 10 minutes, then let it cool completely.
- 5
In a separate bowl, mix the protein powder and Greek yoghurt until smooth. Work the powder in gradually, it absorbs liquid quickly and the mixture stiffens fast.
- 6
Mix in the chopped frozen cherries, vanilla extract and honey or maple syrup.
- 7
Pour the filling into the cooled crust and smooth the top with a spatula.
- 8
Freeze for at least 4 hours, or until firm.
- 9
Melt the dark chocolate chips with the tablespoon of coconut oil together and mix until smooth.
- 10
Drizzle the chocolate over the firm pie and return it to the freezer for a further 30 minutes to set.
- 11
Let it stand at room temperature for a few minutes before slicing.
Africook’s Notes
- This contains almond flour. The title says nothing about it, so mention it when serving.
- Work the protein powder in gradually. Two cups to two cups of yoghurt is a very high ratio and it thickens fast, hold some back if the mixture stiffens too much.
- Cool the crust completely before the filling goes in, or the coconut oil melts and the base collapses.
- Let the pie stand a few minutes before slicing. Straight from the freezer it is too hard to cut cleanly.
- Chop the cherries while still frozen. Thawed cherries release liquid into the filling.
- Coconut oil in the drizzle is what makes it set hard and shatter when cut, rather than staying soft.
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