Lee’s Cauliflower & Raspberry Cheesecake_small

Cauliflower and Raspberry Cheesecake

Cauliflower and Raspberry Cheesecake

By: Lee Holmes

This unusual combination will surprise you! Creamy cauliflower and bright pink raspberries are a pleasant pair-up in this delicious dessert.


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Recipe


Ingredients

  • Base
  • ¾ cup raw unsalted cashews
  • 1 cup additive-free
 shredded coconut
  • ¼ tsp stevia powder
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp coconut butter, melted

  • Filling
  • 2 cups raw unsalted cashews
  • ½ cup coconut butter
  • 1½ cups cooked cauliflower (about 1 small)
  • 1 cup frozen raspberries
  • 1 tsp alcohol-free vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp rice-malt syrup, or ¼ tsp stevia powder
  • 80mL additive-free coconut milk
  • ½ cup fresh raspberries, for decorating

Method


  • Place cashews for base and filling in bowl, cover with filtered water and soak for 2 hours. Drain.
  • To make base, place cashews and shredded coconut in food processor and blend until finely chopped. Transfer to large bowl and stir in remaining ingredients.
  • Turn out onto clean work surface and roll into dough. Press dough evenly into 16cm cake tin and place in freezer for 30 mins.
  • To make filling, combine all ingredients, except fresh berries, in food processor and blend until smooth.
  • Remove base from freezer and pour in filling, using spatula to smooth it over. Return to freezer for 30 mins, or fridge for 1 hour, until set.
  • Top with fresh berries and serve.
  • This will keep for up to 1 week in fridge and 2 weeks in freezer.

  

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Lee Holmes

Lee Holmes

Lee Holmes is a nutritionist, yoga and meditation teacher, wholefoods chef, Lifestyle Food Channel’s Healthy Eating Expert, blogger and author of the best-selling books Supercharged Food: Eat Your Way to Health, Supercharged Food: Eat Yourself Beautiful, Eat Clean, Green and Vegetarian, Heal your Gut, Eat Right for Your Shape and Supercharged Food for Kids.

Lee’s food philosophy is all about S.O.L.E. food: sustainable, organic, local and ethical. Her main goal is to alter the perception that cooking fresh, wholesome, nutrient-rich meals is difficult, complicated and time-consuming. From posting recipes, her passion to share her autoimmune disease story and help others has snowballed and the blog has recently taken home the overall prize at the Bupa Health Influencer Awards as well as the best blog in the Healthy Eating category. She also runs a four-week online Heal Your Gut program.

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