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Desserts

Raw vegan cheesecake, as shown at Vegan cheese cookery demo

Ingredients

Base:
  • Walnuts – 1 cup.
  • Dates – 1 cup.
  • Almonds -1/4 cup
Cheesecake:
  • Presoaked Cashews – 2 cups.
  • Lemon juice – 1/2 cup
  • Coconut milk – 1/2 cup.
  • Maple syrup – 1/2 cup
  • Vanilla extract – 2 tsp
  • Coconut oil – 1/3 cup
Topping:
  • Fruit – (frozen or fresh)
  • Coconut oil -1/4 cup
  • Maple syrup – 1/4 cup

Method

  1. Soak cashews over night or for a few hours.
  2. Blitz base ingredients in food processor. Press into a spring form tin. Add a little water or melted coconut oil if necessary to help the base come together. Put in freezer for 15 minutes.
  3. In blender blend cheesecake ingredients together. Remove base from freezer and spread the cheesecake filling onto base. Freeze until firm (half hour).
  4. Blend the fruit topping and pour on top. Back in freezer for half hour.

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Desserts

Pancakes

Aside

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  • 100g plain flour
  • 150g gram (chick pea) flour
  • 250ml soya milk
  • pinch salt
  • sunflower oil or vegan margarine to fry

Sieve together the dry incredients.  Stir in the milk.  Leave to sit for 20 minutes, give a quick stir, and then you are ready to fry the pancakes.  Heat a frying pan, add a small amount of oil or margarine then add 2 tablespoons of batter.  Tilt pan to coat the bottom.  Fry until bubbles appear.  Flip, and fry for a further minute or so.