Healthy Food Lovers 😃 this Halloween I decided to make a dessert but my Husband being health conscious barred me from using Sugar 😱. Exactly Dessert without Sugar 😲, what am I going to prepare bland food 🙄. Many thoughts starting pouring stating use jaggery or dates syrup, but I could use none since they will make the dessert brown 😖. Worried me 😕 enters the Kitchen and to my surprise I found frozen strawberries 😏 a perfect sweetener for my no bake dessert 😋. Woohoo… I am ready to make a Healthy Halloween Cheesecake 😋 which is 100% vegan, healthy, delicious and ready in no time
⏰ Prep Time : 20-30 mins, 🍲 Freeze Time : 4-5 hours, Overnight preferable, 🍴 Servings : 2 cheesecakes
🌾 Ingredients for Vegan Halloween Cheesecake :
- What makes a good Crust ?
o 8 seedless Dates
o 10 whole Almonds
o Few Pili Nuts
o Or any nuts of your choice
o Few drops of Coconut oil
- Cheesecake is made up of ?
o ½ cup Cashew nuts (soak for 30 mins)
o 2-4 tbsp Honey, as per taste
o ¼ cup frozen Strawberries
o ¼ cup Ricotta cheese
o Few drops of Cardamom extract
o ¼ cup Agar-agar flakes
o 1 cup Water, to soak agar-agar
o Coconut oil, to grease the moulds
- Spooky Toppings ?
o ¼ cup Frozen Strawberries
o 1 tbsp Honey
o Water to sprinkle
♨️ Preparing Vegan Halloween Cheesecake :
- Take a heavy bottom pan and soak agar-agar flakes into water
- Leave it aside for 20 mins. Do not switch-on the flame yet
- Lets’ prepare the curst. For this you need to grind dates, almonds, pili nuts and coconut oil
- Curst mixture It should be crumbly yet be able to combine it together but not sticky
- If it’s sticky increase the dried nuts of your choice
- Grease the detachable moulds with coconut oil. I have used heart shapes moulds for spooky effect 😈
- Spread the crust mixture on the moulds and press it evenly with finger tips or spoon
- Now place it into freezer to freeze (not more than 20 mins)
- Remember we had soaked agar-agar 😉, let us now place that pan on stove at high flame
- Once it starts to boil, reduce the heat and cook at medium flame for 15 mins or until agar-agar flakes are completely dissolved
- In the meanwhile, blend together cashew nuts, frozen strawberries, honey and ricotta cheese into a smooth paste
- Check if agar-agar is liquefied, if so sieve this water mix into a bowl and transfer it back to pan to place it on stove at medium flame
- Take the cashews and pour into water mix
- Cook for another 3-5 mins to allow the batter to incorporate thoroughly with water mix
- Remove the cheesecake mix from flame and add cardamom extract
- Mix it well and allow it sit on kitchen counter for 2-3 mins
- Take the crust from freezer
- Pour this cashews batter on the crust
- Leave it on counter to let it come at room temperature
- Once it’s cooled place it in refrigerator overnight for better results else, keep it at least for 3-4 hours if time-pressed
🍽 Assembling Vegan Halloween Cheesecake :
- Take a heavy bottom pan and place the frozen strawberries
- Cook for 4-5 mins with honey and sprinkle some water, if required
- When you see, the strawberries are softened, remove from flame and allow it to cool
- Take the cheesecake from the refrigerator and pour the strawberry sauce for spooky effect 😈 and for extra sweetness 😋
