{"id":2396,"date":"2012-02-10T15:18:42","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T20:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/?p=2396"},"modified":"2012-02-10T16:58:03","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T21:58:03","slug":"blood-orange-tofu-cheesecake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/blood-orange-tofu-cheesecake\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Orange & Tofu Cheesecake"},"content":{"rendered":"I<\/span> kid you not about the title.<\/p>\n

Tofu is great substitution for cream cheese. It gives me the pleasure of stuffing more than a slice without feeling guilty.<\/p>\n

We all need more tofu in our lives.<\/p>\n

And yes, everyone deserves to stuff themselves silly, every once in a while.<\/p>\n

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Also, I was in a complete mess. Like, totally “ran-out-of-blood-oranges<\/em>” type of mess.\u00a0I had enough to use in this recipe, but no leftovers for food styling or garnish.<\/p>\n

So, I did what any next person would have done — I drove to the nearest store in my pajama’s, and quickly grabbed a few (or so I thought<\/em>) blood oranges.<\/p>\n

Got a couple of stinky eyes in the store, and I blame it on my pajamas. But I don’t care any less. I live for pajamas too you know. It’s super comfortable and I can’t part with comfort.<\/p>\n

Nor am I wiling to part with this gorgeous cheesecake — I could eat a million slices.<\/p>\n

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Drove back home as fast as I could without getting a speeding ticket, sliced through the oranges and squealed out loud.<\/p>\n

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n

‘Twas Florida oranges, not blood oranges.<\/p>\n

This time, I blamed it on my “nit-picky” attitude, thrown in the towel and called it quits. Quitting against oranges are ego bruising, I tell ya.<\/p>\n

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So, I present to you — navel oranges in all of my food styling. Pinky swear I used blood oranges for this recipe.<\/p>\n

Go make some now and prove me otherwise.<\/p>\n

I was hoping the color of this cheesecake to turn slightly pink at least, with the use of blood oranges. But I guess everything happens for a reason.<\/p>\n

Epic fail — I think the blood orange gods are mad at me, or what?!?<\/p>\n

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Promise you, there’s no epic fail in taste or texture. This cheesecake would blow your mind. On Valentines’ Day.<\/p>\n

Just be prepared. And have blood oranges on hand. Heck, have every ingredients ready. Otherwise, we might be able to recognize each other at the produce aisle of Publix — in our pajamas. Duh!<\/p>\n

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And oh, did I mention about my springform pan, giving up on me at the last minute? It’s one disaster after another. Thank goodness the pie pan came to rescue.
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Slightly adapted from Philadelphia cream cheese packaging<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/span>:<\/p>\n

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