Orange Chocolate Cream Pie {Vegan}
This dreamy, creamy vegan pie marries chocolate and orange together.
Ingredients
For the crust
- 1.5 cups cookie crumbs I used biscoff, but oreo cookie crumbs would also be tasty
- zest of half an orange
- 1/2 cup vegan butter, melted or you can use regular butter if not vegan
For the filling
- 2/3 cup freshly squeezed orange juice about 2 large oranges
- zest of one orange
- 2/3 cup non dairy milk I used oat
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 6 tbsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp orange blossom water
- 1/4 cup vegan butter cut into small chunks
- 1 cup whipping cream vegan or regular
For garnish
- whipping cream vegan or regular
- finely chopped dark orange chocolate I used Meru
Instructions
To make the crust:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add the cookie crumbs to a bowl, and zest in your half an orange. Pour the melted butter over the cookie crumbs and mix well.
- Dump the cookie mixture into a 9" pie plate and press it into the bottom and up the sides
- Bake in preheated oven for 12 minutes, or until the sides start to get golden. Remove and allow to cool.
To make the filling
- In a medium saucepan, place the orange juice, zest, non diary milk, salt, sugar and cornstarch and whisk really well to combine everything, ensuring there are no lumps of cornstarch.
- Place over medium heat and bring up to the boil, whisking often. Once the mixture has boiled, whisk constantly for about 3-5 minutes, until it thickens.
- Remove from heat and stir in orange blossom water and the vegan butter. Stir until the butter melts into the the hot mixture.
- Pour the mixture into a bowl and cover it with plastic wrap, and then place it into the fridge to cool for an hour or two.
- Whip the cream to stiff peaks using a mixer or hand-held mixture.
- Carefully fold the orange mixture into the whipped cream, taking care to not deflate the whipped cream too much. Add in most of the chopped chocolate as well, reserving about 1/4 for garnish.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pie shell, and place in the refrigerator to set, an hour or two.
- Garnish the finished pie with additional whipped cream and chocolate and serve.