Raw chocolate and lucuma dessert pizza, nut free

Here is a sweet pizza, entirely raw and with no nuts at all, that playfully bends the rules of pastry. The soft coconut and lucuma base is the setting for a smooth chocolate sauce with purple corn, which gives it a deep, slightly purple tone. All that is left is to let your creativity speak for the topping: citrus, goji berries, exotic fruit, and every pizza becomes unique. A spectacular dessert to share, as beautiful as it is indulgent.

Ingredients

For the base

• 80 g desiccated coconut (ground to a fine powder)
• 40 g desiccated coconut (left as it is)
• 2 tablespoons virgin coconut oil
• 30 ml water
• 25 g lucuma powder
• 1 pinch of pink Himalayan salt (or the equivalent of 1 tablespoon - 15 ml - of seawater)
• 2 pinches of ground cardamom
• 1/4 teaspoon real vanilla
• 1 teaspoon organic lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon organic lemon zest
• 3 teaspoons honey

For the chocolate sauce

• 120 ml melted virgin coconut oil
• 3 tablespoons raw cacao powder
• 1 tablespoon purple corn powder
• 2 tablespoons lucuma powder
• 1 pinch of pink Himalayan salt
• 1/2 teaspoon sunflower lecithin
• 3 tablespoons liquid honey
• A few drops of peppermint essence or orange juice

For the topping (your choice)

• Goji berries, yellow kiwis, blood oranges, kumquats or any other seasonal fruit

Method

1. Grind the first portion of desiccated coconut to a fine powder using a blender or a coffee grinder.
2. In a bowl, mix all the dry base ingredients by hand.
3. Transfer to a food processor, add the remaining base ingredients and blend until you get an even dough.
4. Work the dough by hand then spread it on a plate to form a round pizza base.
5. Melt the coconut oil for the sauce over a gentle water bath, then whisk in the sunflower lecithin by hand until fully incorporated.
6. Add the rest of the sauce ingredients and whisk until creamy and glossy.
7. Pour the sauce over the pizza base and decorate generously with the fresh fruit of your choice.

Tip

Without purple corn, simply replace it with a little more cacao: the colour will be less purple but the taste stays just as good. Work in a cool room: coconut oil sets at around 24 °C, which leaves you little time between pouring the sauce and decorating. Put the pizza in the fridge for 10 minutes before adding the fruit, so the sauce holds them without running.

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