Want to be super organised for Halloween and use up those few remaining pumpkins that have been lying around (for those of us living in the Southern Hemisphere)? This dairy free (& vegan friendly) Spice Pumpkin Pie is the best. It freezes well, and you only need to thaw it out a little before serving.

Crust

60g Niulife Virgin Coconut Oil (if solid, microwave for 10 seconds until liquid)

2 cups of LSA (Linseed, Sunflower Seed & Almond meal)

1 tsp sea salt

Filling

1 ½ cups of Pumpkin Puree (I bake the pumpkin cut in pieces, skin and all, with some sea salt, puree and let cool)

180ml coconut cream

100ml rice malt syrup

3 eggs (or egg replacer for vegan friendly version)

2 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp ground cinnamon

¼ tsp ground nutmeg

¼ tsp ground cloves

1 tsp sea salt

2-4 tbsp arrowroot

Grated zest of a lemon

Preheat the oven to 180°C

In a bowl add the LSA & Niulife Virgin Coconut Oil. Mix well with your hand until it comes together. As you mix, the oils in the almond meal release making it easier to come together to a dough like consistency.

Press the dough into a 22cm pie dish, using your hands or the base of a glass. Blind bake for 10 minutes, or until just golden brown.

For the filling blend all the ingredients until creamy, like custard, making sure the arrowroot has blended in well and there are no white lumps. Sometimes I’ll blitz the arrowroot in a little of the coconut cream before adding to all the ingredients just to be sure. Add the filling to the cooled crust, bake for 45-55 minutes until the centre of the pie is set (when it cracks away from the base a little).

Note, leave cool completely as this also helps it to set better. In fact, it’s nicer the next day.

Serve with coconut yoghurt or ice-cream.

As a variation you can make a de-constructed version by putting the filling into individual ramekins & use the base as a crumb to serve with coconut yoghurt or ice-cream. Make up the base as above and instead of a pie dish spread to 1cm thickness onto a cookie tray with baking paper. Makes for an impressive dessert for your Halloween dinner guests.