Kefir Peanut Butter Pie
This dessert is for my husband. He likes anything with peanut butter.
I use a lot of stevia in my recipes but I also use Sucanat. Sucanat is non-refined cane sugar that has not had the molasses removed from it like refined white sugar. It is essentially pure dried sugar cane juice. Mechanical processes extract the juice. Unlike sugar the minerals are left in so sucanat has a nutritional value that sugar does not. It has a light molasses taste that adds richness to recipes.
I still use it sparingly because it is still sugar, but it is a better choice than plain refined sugar.
Here is a breakdown of what is in Sucanat. As you can see there is chromium, zinc and magnesium. These are all important when controlling blood sugar.
Nutritional Analysis of Sucanat:
approximately one cup
- water…………………………………..2.7g
- calories………………………………..570g
- carbohydrate………………………..135.g
- fat………………………………………..0g
- sodium……………………………….0.5mg
- potassium…………………………1,125mg
- vitamin A……………………………1600IU
- thiamin (B1)………………………..0.21mg
- riboflavin (B2)……………………..0.21mg
- niacin……………………………….0.20mg
- calcium………………………………165mg
- iron……………………………………6.5mg
- vitamin B6………………………….0.60mg
- magnesium………………………….127mg
- zinc…………………………………..2.3mg
- copper……………………………….0.3mg
- pantothenic acid……………………1.8mg
- chromium……………………………40mcg
- phosphorus…………………………..48mg
Source: USDA Handbook of Nutrient Content of Foods
- 2 envelope’s unflavored gelatin
- ⅔ cup cold water
- 2 eggs, separated
- ½ cup sucanat (grind this into a fine powder in your blender. It will blend in easier)
- ⅔ cup smooth peanut butter- I used natural
- 1 cup kefir cheese
- 1 chocolate sprouted pie shell (recipe below)
- Kefir whipped cream for topping
- Chocolate Ganache (recipe below)
- THE PEANUT BUTTER FILLING
- Soften gelatin in cold water.
- Beat egg yolks, sugar, and salt together in top of double boiler, stir in gelatin and cook over boiling water, beating constantly with hand blender, until mixture is thick and fluffy about 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and blend in peanut butter. Let mixture cool a little before adding in kefir mixture so you won’t kill the cultures. About the time you get the egg whites done it should be cooled enough.
- Beat egg whites until stiff and fold in kefir cheese Than fold into gelatin mixture.
- Pour into pie shell and chill in refrigerator until firm.
- Served topped with fresh whipped cream and chocolate ganache.
- 1 cup sprouted graham crackers
- 4 Tbsp butter melted
- 1 Tbsp cacao or cocoa powder
- Place all ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth. Add melted butter to processor and pulse several times until blended well.
- Place mixture in a 9 inch pie pan, pressing mixture up around sides and bottom until well covered.
- ⅓ cup of cream
- 3 ounces of organic chocolate chips or cacao chocolate chips
- *Cacao is the raw unprocessed form of chocolate.
- Place cream in pan and heat until bubbles form around edges of pan.Remove from heat and add chips and stir till melted and smooth. Drizzle over pie.
