Blueberry Cheesecake Recipe
This recipe for Blueberry Cheesecake is gluten-free, free of refined sugar, and simple to make. If you looooove eating a healthy, creamy cheesecake without dairy or eggs, it’s the ideal dessert, a Simple recipe made with simple ingredients.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8
Calories: 326kcal
Ingredients:
Cheesecake crust:
- 1 cup of almond flour (120 g) (*see recipe notes)
- 1 cup of oats (GF) ground into flour (90 g)
- 1/4 cup of agave syrup or maple syrup (80 g)
- 1/3 cup of ground nuts or seeds of choice (50 g) (*see recipe notes)
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
Cream Layer:
- 1/2 cup of cashews soaked (75 g)
- 160 g of silken tofu (or regular tofu)
- 1/4 cup of coconut milk canned (60 ml)
- 3 tbsp of agave syrup or maple syrup (60 g)
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 1-2 tbsp of lime juice or lemon juice
Blueberry Compote:
- 1 cup of fresh blueberries (150 g)
- 3 tbsp of agave syrup or maple syrup (60 g)
- 1 tbsp of lime juice or lemon juice
- 1 tsp of maqui berry powder (optional)
Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees C).
2. Overnight, soak the cashews or boil them for almost 15 minutes till they are soft.
3. In a food processor, process all pie crust ingredients and press the mixture evenly into the bottom of a lined 6-inch pie pan or springform and up to the sides approximately 2-3 inches (5-7 cm).
4. Bake for almost 20 minutes in the oven, turn the oven off, and allow the pie crust to cool at room temperature.
5. In the meantime, in a high-speed blender, Combine all the cream ingredients until smooth and creamy.
6. Pour the cream onto the crust and place the springform for almost 50-60 minutes in the freezer to set.
7. Move into a small pan all the ingredients for the blueberry layer, bring to a boil, and simmer for five min on low heat. Just let it cool.
8. Pour on the cream with the blueberry layer and enjoy this yummy blueberry cheesecake!
9. Store in the fridge with leftovers.
Notes:
1. Instead of almond flour, you might use shredded unsweetened coconut. In an electric coffee/spice grinder or food processor, you must process the shredded coconut.
2. Any nuts/seeds of choice you might use, such as peanuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, sunflower seeds, etc.
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