For all those delicious Thai quiches and pies we serve at the Food Forest Kitchen restaurant we use this vegan pie crust as a base. Easy to make and a great base for pumpkin pie, banana pudding pie, papaya pudding pie. Make the crust big or make a number of small ones. The crust can be pre-baked and kept in the freezer if you want to have some in stock.
VEGAN EASY PIE CRUST
Prep : 15 minutes - Pre-bake for a cold filling: ca. 40-45 minutes - Pre-bake for a quiche or pie: 6-8 minutes Bake with pie: : 40-45 minutes - Ready in: 1 hour - Makes: 2 medium pie crusts
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cup of flour
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup of coconut oil
4-6 tablespoons ice cold water
EQUIPMENT
Bowl for mixing
Pie pan
Fork
Measuring cups
Rolling pin
Baking paper (big enough to fit in your pie pan)
PREPARATION
Place a cup of water in your freezer to make sure it is ice cold before making your crust (5-10 minutes will do)
Preheat your oven to 180 ° Celsius
METHOD
Mix the flour and salt
Add the oil to the mixture
Use a fork to mix all together; the mix will look like fine crumbs
Stir in 1 spoon of ice cold water, mix
Add the water, spoon by spoon while mixing, until it holds together and the dough is forming
Continue mixing, use your hands to make the dough
Roll the dough into a ball
Spread the baking paper with some flour on your counter
Use a floured pin (or your hands) to flatten out the dough to the size of your pie pan
Transport the dough (and the baking paper!) to your pie pan
Press the dough up to the sides
Poke some holes on the bottom with a fork
Pre-bake for 6-8 minutes if you want to use it to make a baked pie or quiche.
If you want to bake the crust for a cold filling (pudding or fruit), you can bake the crust for 40-45 minutes until golden brown
NOTE:
This recipe is for the crust only. If you want to bake a quiche or a pie right away, you can check the recipes for pies here.
This recipe is made at the @THEFOODFORESTKITCHEN, the slow food restaurant of @ECOLOGICTHAILAND.
Come and taste the wonderful homemade, fresh, organic food and drinks, while you enjoy the view over the rain forest and valley!
A MEAL WITH A VIEW.
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