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Blood Orange & Tofu Cheesecake

Posted By Kiran On In Baking,Desserts,Valentines | Comments Disabled

Slightly adapted from Philadelphia cream cheese packaging.

Ingredients:

Crust–

  • 1/3 cup almonds
  • 12 marigold (any brand) cookies
  • 4 tbsp butter

Filing–

  • 1 (8oz) package cream cheese, softened
  • 2 blocks of soft silken tofu, pressed
  • zest from 2 blood oranges
  • 3 blood oranges, juiced
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3 whole eggs
  • 2 tbsp Grand Marnier (orange liquer) or orange extract

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 325F.
  2. In a food processor, pulse almonds and cookies to form crumbs.
  3. Add crumbs in a bowl and stir in melted butter.
  4. Press crumbs to form a crust in a springform pan or a lightly greased pie pan.
  5. Bake crust for 10 minutes. Allow to cool once done.
  6. In a food processor, blend cream cheese with silken tofu until silky smooth.
  7. Add sugar and eggs (one at a time), and pulse just untill combined.
  8. Stream in blood orange juice, zest & grand marnier or extract. Pulse until thoroughly combined.
  9. Place cool pie pan/crust on a cookie sheet. Scrape filing onto cool crust.
  10. Gently transfer cheesecake into oven to bake at 325F for 1 hour.
  11. Turn oven off and leave cheesecake in the oven for 20 minutes more, with the oven door slightly ajar.
  12. Remove cheesecake to completely cool on a cooling rack before refrigerating for a few hours or overnight.
  13. Best served chilled (not room temperature), with orange slices and/or drizzled with any citrus coulis.

Notes: Ensure tofu is pressed to remove access moisture. The cheesecake batter would appear too much, so be careful when transferring it into the oven. Placing it over a cookie sheet definitely helps. Cheesecake would puff a lot while baking. Fear not, it won’t overflow.

 

If you can’t find blood oranges, use any citrus you have — just don’t tell me about it. I might cry.

So, looks like we’ve spent Valentine’s day prematurely by toasting this celebration with a Citrusy Champagne Sangria, Roasted Beet Salad, Pomegranate infused spaghetti and ending it on a sweet note with this delectable cheesecake. Like you need another reason to douse more redness onto your tongue.

Phew!!!

Have a happy weekend & Valentines. I sure am, in my pajamas. Recuperating.

So tell me, what’s on your menu/plan for Valentines?