Vegan Cheesecake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Crust
    1/2 cup slivered almonds
    2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
    4 tablespoons maple syrup
    1 cup brown rice flour or 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    Filling
    14 ounces coconut milk
    1 1/2 cups water
    1 cup raw sugar
    4 tablespoons agar-agar flakes (or nearly 3 tsp agar powder)
    1/8 teaspoon turmeric (don't add more than this as it will affect the taste--it's purely for colour)
    3/4 cup fresh lemon juice
    1 1/2 tablespoons lemons, zest of
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    1/4 cup arrowroot
Preparation
    Preheat to 350\u00b0F Lightly grease a 9\" tart pan.
    Mix the ingredients together and press into the bottom of the dish.
    (It is a dryish mixso you can add more oil although it is not necessary).
    If you're using a proper metal tart pan, press the dough up the fluted sides.
    Prick the bottom a few times with a.
    fork.
    Bake for approx 20 min, until brown.
    Let cool before adding filling.
    Dissolve arrowroot in 1/2 cup of water and set aside.
    Filling: Mix coconut milk, 1 cup of the water, sugar, agar& turmeric into a saucepan.
    Simmer until agar dissolves (usually takes between 6-8 minutes for flakes, a. little less time for powder--don't over cook or agar will lose its strength).
    Stir in the lemon juice, zest& vanilla then bring to a boil.
    Add the arrowroot/water mixture and boil for one minute.
    [It'simportant to stir throughout as you don't want the agar to clump up along the bottom of the pan.
    You'll feel it thicken up when you add the arrowroot.
    mix.
    ].
    Pour into the cooled crust and let firm up before serving.

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