Vegan No Bake Chocolate Orange Cheesecake
Can you actually make a cheesecake without using any cheese at all? This Vegan No Bake Chocolate Orange Cheesecake recipe from Dorothy Delaney shows you exactly how to do just that! This dessert uses macadamia nuts instead of cream cheese. This is one of the tastiest raw vegan desserts around.
Notes
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Ingredients
- CRUST:
- 1 cup almonds, ground
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup cacao powder
- 1 dash salt
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil (optional)
- FILLING:
- 1 1/2 cup macadamia nuts, or cashews
- Juice of 2 oranges
- 3 tablespoons psyllium seed
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1/4 cup raw honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Almond milk or coconut milk, as needed
Instructions
- Grind almonds in a food processor until they make a coarse meal. Add honey, cacao powder and salt, oil if desired. Press into a pie plate or tiny tart bowls.
- Blend macadamia nuts with oranges, seeds, zest, oil, honey, vanilla, salt and chosen milk alternative beverage until mixture is very creamy, adding liquid slowly, as needed.
- Pour nut mixture into crust and let set in fridge to chill and firm.
