Sunday, March 13, 2011

Brazilian Orange & Blackberry Cheesecake

Yay, the cheesecake returns! I just finished a massive piece of this and eff, if I do say so myself, it's effing good. The awesomeness makes my brain hurt and also makes me want to samba. But I promise, there's no "goodnight Cinderella" inside of this cake. If you don't know what that is, consider yourself lucky. (Also be careful in Rio).


Brazilian Orange & Blackberry Cheesecake

Crust:
2 cups of Brazil nuts
juice of 1/2 an orange
rind of 2 oranges
2 tbsp honey
1 tsp vanilla

Filling:
3 1/2 cups cashews (soaked for 1-4 hours)
juice of 1 1/2 orange
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 cup coconut oil
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup honey

Topping:
1 1/2 pint blackberries, mashed with fork

1) Simple food process all of the ingredients for the crust and then press them into a 9-inch pie plate.


pretty grated orange rind!





2) Next food process all filling ingredients. Make sure to melt down the coconut oil in a small bag (it's easy to do this in a bowl of hot water) to liquify it. Pour the filling mixture over the crust. Let this sit in the freezer for 4 hours, yo.


It was so sunny and wonderful today!



3. Take cake out of the freezer. Mash up the 1 1/2 pint of blackberries with a fork in a small bowl and spread over the top of the cheesecake. Serve!


You can store this in the fridge for up to 5 days. Or until the blackberries start to get moldy. Yeeeah.


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