Love is in the air and nothing says I love you more than a sweet treat. This year for Valentine’s day I found a Waitrose recipe card for a chocolate cheesecake. Most of the Waitrose recipes I find I can’t eat. Which could make me feel sad but where there is a will there is a way.
Instead of feeling glum, I decided to adapt the recipe and make it with ingredients I can eat. I thought this would make a delicious dessert or tasty sweet treat for Valentine’s day. I know I love it and I hope you and your loved ones will enjoy it too. Below is a video and recipe for you.
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Serves 4
Equipment
- Bowl
- Kettle
- Blender
- Tablespoon
Ingredients for the chocolate cashew nut cream cheese
- Cashew nuts x 200g
- Boiling water x enough to cover the cashew nuts
- Tahini x 2 tbsp
- Maple syrup x 2 tbsps
- Raw cacao powder x 1 tbsp
- Milk x up to 100mls
Method
- Pour the boil water over the cashew nuts and soak in the bowl for 5 minutes or more.
- Next pour the soaked nuts through a colander over the sink.
- Put the nuts into the food processor.
- Add in the tahini, maple syrup, raw cacao powder and a couple of slashes of milk to begin into the processor.
- Blend all the ingredients together until smooth.
- More milk may need to be added as the nuts as they are blended.
- Add the milk gradually until the cream cheese is at a consistency you like.
- When blended pour the cream cheese back into the bowl and set to the side.
Equipment
- Glass jar
- Saucepan
- Sharp knife
- Chopping board
- Fork or juicer
- Tablespoon
- Stirring spoon
Ingredients
- Raspberries x 400g
- Water x 50mls
- Chia Seeds x 2 tbsps
- Maple syrup x 2 tbsp
Method
- Put the raspberries into the saucepan.
- Pour over the water and turn the hob onto a medium to high heat.
- Add in the chia seeds and maple syrup.
- Put the pan onto a medium heat and stir the berries with the spoon.
- Once the berries have started to soften start to mash them against the side of the pan with the spoon.
- Next turn the heat down to low and leave to simmer for 15 – 20 minutes or until it starts to look like jam.
- Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
Equipment
- Food processor/nutribullet
Ingredients for the base
- Pecans x 90g
- Prunes x 120g
- Coconut oil x 2 tbsps
Method for base
- Start by removing the stones from the prunes and set aside.
- Place the dates, pecans, raw cacao powder and coconut oil into the food processor.
- Blend all of the ingredients together.
- They should resemble bread crumbs.
Equipment for serving
- Serving bowls or glasses x 4
Method for putting the toppings and base together
- Remove the blade from the food processor and spoon out a quarter of the mixture into a serving bowl or glass.
- Then spread the raspberry chia seed jam across the base as evenly as possible.
- Finally put the chocolate cream cheese on top.
- Store in the fridge until you want to eat this dessert.
- Then serve and enjoy.
Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake was very well received by my little family. It was an easy dessert to put together but it was slightly time consuming to make all the components. However the efforts were worth the results and my loved ones really enjoyed it. To make it easier this could be made and frozen. Also it could be made in the morning and stored in the fridge for an after dinner treat. However you decide to eat this dish, as always, please enjoy. Thank you xxx
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