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Grain-free Instant Pot Pumpkin Pie

December 18, 2017 By Becky 23 Comments

Grain-free Instant Pot Pumpkin Pie

This grain-free Instant pot pumpkin pie is easy to make in your pressure cooker, and is the perfect size for an intimate holiday gathering. Recipe from Emily Sunwell-Vidaurri’s new cookbook, The Art of Great Cooking with Your Instant Pot.

It’s time for an Instant Pot dessert! I recently took a little poll over on Instagram stories, and found that 74% of you have an Instant Pot. If you’re among the 26% that doesn’t have one yet, you should add it to your Christmas list–it’s my very favorite kitchen appliance of all time because of its cooking speed, ease of use, and versatility. It sautés beautifully, plus it does the work of a slow cooker, rice cooker, pressure cooker, and more. And now, we’re using it as a pie maker!

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Filed Under: dessert, gluten free, recipe Tagged With: cookbook review, grain free, instant pot, pie, pressure cooker, pumpkin

Mocha Ricotta Pie with Strawberries

May 1, 2015 By Becky 14 Comments

Mocha Ricotta Pie with Strawberries (Gluten free, Grain free) | acalculatedwhisk.com
This mocha ricotta pie is one of my absolute favorite desserts. It’s in my top three of all time, right up there with almond butter thumbprints and salted caramel brownies.
What makes it so fabulous is the trifecta of a lightly sweetened, crunchy shortbread crust, a rich and creamy ricotta filling with chocolate, coffee, and a hint of lemon (yes, lemon!), and a topping of juicy strawberries. It reminds me of the amazing Southern-style chocolate pie I always used to eat at the now-defunct Marimont Cafeteria in Austin, Texas, but with a mature Italian twist and bright berries to lighten things up.
Mocha Ricotta Pie with Strawberries (Gluten free, Grain free) | acalculatedwhisk.com
Really good dark chocolate and high quality, full-fat ricotta are important for this pie. (Good coffee won’t hurt either, but I love my Café Bustelo.) I was so excited about having a tub of Narragansett Creamery ricotta in my fridge that I proceeded to completely forget I’d bought it to make zucchini lasagna, and dumped all of it into the filling for this pie.

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Filed Under: dessert, gluten free, recipe Tagged With: cheesecake, chocolate, coffee, gelatin, grain free, italian, mocha, pie, primal, ricotta, spring, strawberry, summer

Shepherd’s Pie with Rutabaga

February 19, 2014 By Becky 9 Comments

Shepherd's Pie with Rutabaga (Gluten free, Paleo, Whole30)

Rutabaga is even more delicious than potato atop this paleo version of shepherd’s pie. This shepherd’s pie with rutabaga is one of my go-to dinners during the colder months!

In my opinion, potatoes are very overrated.  They don’t really taste that great unless they’re fried or covered in cheese, which is cheating.  A great vegetable should taste delicious with less than that.
Enter the rutabaga.  You may have seen rutabagas hiding at the grocery store under the name “yellow turnips”.  Although they’re yellowish on the inside, on the outside they fade from white to light purple. They’re much lower in calories and carbohydrates than potatoes, and also taste way better.  I would choose mashed rutabaga over mashed potatoes any day, and their lovely yellow color makes this shepherd’s pie look even more inviting than the traditional version.

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Filed Under: dinner, gluten free, paleo, recipe, whole30 Tagged With: beef, dairy free, ground beef, pie, rutabagas, winter

Pumpkin Caramel Cheesecake Pie (Gluten-free, No-bake)

October 14, 2013 By Becky 8 Comments

This pie is so easy, and so good!  If you already have your caramel sauce made (try salted caramel, salted maple caramel, or even store-bought), there is no cooking required–just a few rounds of food processing.  And, in case you need another reason to make this, there’s pumpkin involved!  There’s also caramel, whipped cream, and a delicious two-ingredient crust.  The cheesecake layer is rich, but not overpowering–I think even people who don’t love cheesecake will probably love this.

 

The recipe has several components, but they are all easy to whip up in the food processor.  You don’t even really need to wash it in between layers.  Also, it’s so much fun to press the crust into the pan, smooth all these amazing things on top, swirl in some caramel, and sprinkle on a few pepitas.  It’s almost as much fun to make this pie as it is to eat it!
I made this for two hungry podcasters, and they both loved it.  Even though Ben at first insisted he “didn’t want a piece right now”, he changed his tune as soon as he laid eyes on my slice.  Basically, this pie is irresistible!

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Filed Under: dessert, gluten free, recipe Tagged With: caramel, cheesecake, dates, fall, no-bake, pecans, pie, pumpkin, whipped cream

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