Chocolate, Coffee and Cream Pie
Ingredients
Base:
3 tbsp butter
75g chocolate (unsweetened)
1 3/4 cups desiccated coconut
Filling:
1/2 cup Lakanto or rapadura sugar
1 cup water
1 tbsp gelatine
50ml coffee or 2 tbsp instant coffee
75g chocolate (unsweetened)
2 tbsp brandy
200ml cream
Topping:
100ml cream
100g chocolate (unswetened)
1/4 cup Lakanto
Method
Base:
Melt the butter and chocolate over a low heat. Mix with the coconut. Press firmly into a lined cheesecake tin. Chill.
Filling:
Lightly heat all ingredients except cream until dissolved. If desired substitute water and instant coffee with 1 cup of strong brewed coffee. Pour into base and chill.
Topping:
Melt chocolate, cream and Lakanto together over low heat. Spread over top of pie. Chill.
If using sweetened chocolate, leave out the Lakanto or sugar in the topping.