I wanted to make a cheesecake, but the recipe called for cashews for the filling and I dont have any. Instead I grabbed the nuts I had, and made this:
The only thing it has in common with a cheesecake are the strawberries, but honestly, this was pretty freaking great. The crust is made up of crushed almonds (previously soaked) hazelnuts, and honey to make it sticky all put through the food processor or in my case a blender.
The "filling" (Which is really just another layer of yummy nuts) is made with macadamia nuts, walnuts, expeller pressed coconut oil, honey, vanilla and a pinch of salt. It turns out really creamy and good.
I decorated it with strawberries to make it look less like a creamy mess.
Although there wasn't any pecans, the sweet nutty combo here made it taste more similar to a pecan pie than a cheesecake.
For me, its hard to follow recipes in the Raw Food world, and have all the ingredients you need. Therefore I dont mind inventions as long as they turn out to something like this, cause otherwise its a pretty big waste of food. I'm looking forward to both inventions and reproduced creations.
PS: Ya'll dont have to try this, I'm really only writting it down for me to remember.
Wow, this looks delicious! Oh, by the way, you have some, well at least one, follower :) keep up the amazing cooking inventions!
ReplyDeleteThank you, it really was good. Today I made a "banana bread" Walnut crust, made in the food processor mixed with honey and banana's on top sprinkled with cinammon, it was really good, totally satisfied the craving I had.
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