Raw Christmas Fruit Pies

It's Christmas time and who doesn’t love Christmas treats! So I have included a very yummy recipe below that we discovered last year from Russell James and it was a hit at Christmas! We have changed the recipe a bit so here is our version below:) enjoy Yummy Raw Christmas Fruit Pies.

FOR THE CRUST

2 cups cashews
1 cup almonds or almond flour
1/4 cup water
3 tablespoons coconut nectar
3 tablespoons lemon juice
a pinch of salt

Directions:

Grind all ingredients in a food processor until thoroughly mixed.
Press the mixture into a tart/muffin tray or silicone muffin molds that have been lined with coconut oil and dehydrate on a mesh dehydrator tray for 2–3 hours.
Remove the crusts from the cases and dehydrate out of the case for a further 8+ hours, still on the mesh dehydrator sheet.

FOR THE FILLING

1/2 a cup of medjool dates
Juice of one orange
2 apples chopped
1 cup of raisins chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons mixed spice (this is what makes it all so yummy)
a pinch of salt

Directions:

Blend all ingredients in your optimum blender except the apple and raisins until they form a paste
In a bowl add the chopped apple and raisins and stir still mixed (this mixture is best left in the fridge for 6-8 hours to marinade)
Fill each of the cases with a little of the mixture then top with the cashew cream mixture (below) and a sprinkle of nutmeg.