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    Home » Recipes

    Vegan Chocolate Orange Pecan Pie

    Published: Apr 1, 2018 · Modified: May 30, 2022 by Louise-Claire Cayzer · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · Leave a Comment

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    We've been promising you the Vegan Chocolate Orange Pecan Pie recipe for a while now, (I know, I know, but if you see our previous post- this is the order that YOU (well some of you) voted the recipes to come in ) but here it is, just in time for Easter. Good job too- this recipe would be brilliant to use up any chocolate you don't eat.

    Anyway- Vanessa created this recipe.. so here she is to tell you all about it:

    Easter is one of my favourite foody times, because, you’ve guessed it, I get to make chocolate desserts ( because nothing is better than a chocolate dessert! ). As you may already know about me, I love to both veganise my favourite recipes from pre-vegan days, as well as finding a way of making them chocolatey. I used to adore pecan pie, so that meant that I had to get chocolate involved with this recipe! I also thought it a great excuse to use some of the last oranges of the season. As everyone knows chocolate and orange belong together. (I know there are some of you who don't think that, but trust me, they do!)

    Vegan Chocolate Pecan Pie this recipe

    Making the vegan shortcrust pastry base for this is actually incredibly easy – just replace the butter with a vegan butter or margarine, or you could even use coconut oil. Instead of eggs to help the pastry bind, I’ve added a bit of milled linseed (also known as flaxseed). You can buy linseed milled, or just buy regular linseed and mill it yourself in a blender or food processor. The orange in the pastry isn’t too overpowering, but just gives a little orange essence edge to the dish which brings out the chocolate flavour brilliantly. You can add more orange rind if you want a more intense taste or none at all (if for some reason you inexplicably don't like chocolate & orange together)

    For the filling, the ingredients are pretty easy, and combine together to make a gloriously rich filling. However some you may be less familiar with silken tofu. You can pick up a packs of it from most supermarkets and health shops, or from online. Most packs of silken tofu will be around 300 g so you can just pour the whole contents in for ease.
    To bake-it’s ideal to use a loose base flan or quiche tin, as this makes it easy to pop the whole pie out, and it looks so pretty for presentation. But if you don’t have a loose tin and just have a solid based tin, it works just fine, you just can’t take the whole thing out at once.

    To decorate, well, no decoration is necessary as it may get eaten up very quickly by friends and family! But broken pecans, chocolate shavings or some orange rind will work beautifully. When I made this at Louise’s I was lucky enough to have her pop into her fabulous garden and pick some edible flowers for the ultimate pretty look.

    Enjoy, and let us know how your Vegan Chocolate Orange Pecan Pie turns out.

    Chocolate Pecan Pie with pretty decorations

    Vegan Chocolate Pecan Orange Pie

    Vanessa
    A delicious and indulgent chocolate dessert made with rich pecans and a hint of tangy orange. Oh. And its vegan!
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 25 mins
    Cook Time 50 mins
    Total Time 1 hr 15 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Chocolate, Vegan
    Servings 8 Slices

    Ingredients Note:

    For accuracy, I measure all ingredients in metric as standard, then convert and test the recipe for American cup measurements etc.

    (Heads up Aussie and UK readers- your measurements in cups are sometimes different, so please use metric or check you have the correct cup and spoon type!!)

    Ingredients

    For the Crust

    • 200 g or 1 ¼ cups plain all purpose flour (all purpose flour)
    • 70 g or 5 tablespoon caster sugar
    • 90 g or ½ cup vegan butter/margarine softened (Or solid coconut oil)
    • 2.5 tablespoon milled linseed
    • 5 tablespoon water
    • Finely grated rind of one orange

    For the Filling

    • 200 g / ¾ cup golden syrup
    • 3 tablespoon / 40g brown sugar
    • 150 g plain (dark) vegan chocolate
    • 50 g / ¼ cup vegan butter / margarine
    • 300 g pack silken tofu
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
    • 175 g / 1 ½ pecan nuts

    Instructions

    To make the crust

    • To make the crust, sift the flour into a bowl, and stir in the sugar. Then work the vegan butter / margarine in with your fingertips.
    • Combine the milled linseed and the water. Let the linseed soak in the water for a few minutes. Then add the orange rind to the linseed.
    • Stir in the linseed and rind mix to the flour, butter / margarine and sugar to form a firm dough. If it is too sticky, add a touch more water.
    • Knead the dough, then roll it out. Line a tart or flan tin (one about 20 cm wide), ideally one with a loose base. Put the tin in the fridge to chill while making the filling.
    • Preheat the oven to 180⁰C / 350⁰C / Gas 4. 

    To make the filling:

    • To make the filling melt the syrup, sugar, chocolate and butter in a small pan. Keep stirring the mix and keep the heat low so it doesn’t burn. Once melted and mixed in, take off the heat.
    • Blend the silken tofu in a food processer / blender, and add to the syrup, sugar, chocolate and butter mix. Also add the vanilla essence.
    • Take the pastry case from the fridge. Sprinkle the pecan nuts into the pastry case. Then pour the chocolate mixture into the pastry case. Give the tin a little tap to remove any air bubbles and even out the mixture. 
    • Put the pie tin on a baking sheet and bake for 50-60 minutes or until filling is set. Leave the pie in the tin for 10 minutes once baked, then remove from tin (if using a loose base tin).
    • Decorate with your choice of pecans, chocolate shavings, orange rind or edible flowers.
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