Raw French Silk Pie Ice Cream

As an adult, I know I would find that pie way too sweet, but for some reason I was thinking about how good it would be as ice cream when I was out for a run this week.  Maybe I was just hungry, or maybe I was just dreaming about something cool as I finished my last of 8 miles in the heat and humidity.  Either way, I was going to make this French Silk Pie Ice Cream happen.

Raw French Silk Pie Ice Cream
Makes about 6 cups

Crust:
1 cup raw finely shredded, dried coconut
8 soft medjool dates
1 cup raw sprouted dehydrated buckwheat groats
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/8 tsp sea salt

Ice Cream:
1 cup coconut water
2 cups young coconut meat*
2 cups ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 cup raw coconut nectar
seeds of one vanilla bean
a pinch of sea salt
1/4 cup raw coconut oil, warmed to liquid

1/2 cup raw cacao powder

Raw Chocolate Chunks for garnish (optional)

For the crust, combine all ingredients in the food processor and process until the mixture is very fine crumbs that hold together when squeezed.  Press out onto a foil lined sheet pan, 1/4 inch thick and place in the freezer until hard.  Once hard, break into pieces.  Set aside.
For the ice cream, add coconut water to a food processor, along with young coconut, bananas, nectar, vanilla, and sea salt. Process until smooth, then with the processor running, add the coconut oil slowly and process until well incorporated, about a minute. Remove 1/4 of it and set aside.  To the remaining mixture in the food processor add the cacao powder and process until smooth and well combined.  Pour the chocolate mixture into an ice cream maker and process according to directions. Remove from ice cream maker, and stir in  raw crust chunks.  Pour 1/3 of the frozen ice cream mixture into a freezer safe container, then drop 1/3 of the vanilla base you set aside over it by the Tbsp, then half the remaining ice cream, then half the vanilla, then the remaining ice cream, then the vanilla.  Swirl with a knife to marble and cover.  Let sit in the freezer for at least four hours or overnight to firm up to scoopable consistency.  Serve with raw chocolate chunks for garnish

*If young coconut meat is unavailable, you can substitute the 2 cups fresh coconut with 2 cups finely shredded, dried coconut and 1 cup coconut water.  But, you MUST have a high speed blender to do this or it will never become smooth.  Blend the coconut first until it becomes butter, using the tamper to press it into the blades until it is liquidy, then add the coconut water and blend until combined. Add this to the ice cream base in place of the young coconut meat.