ORANGE, GOJI & STRAWBERRY RAW VEGAN "CHEESECAKE"

Hey everyone! This is Rita here. This recipe has been one of our best kept secrets for months and months now, and we're so happy to be sharing it with you guys. We actually created this cheesecake recipe in the summer of 2016 for our dear friend Isabel. At the time, she was gathering ideas and creating content for her own blog. She's a very good friend of ours and a great fan of our cheesecakes, and she asked us back then if we could create one just for her. We brainstormed for a while and soon realized that we'd never tried making a cheesecake version of one of our favourite flavour combinations (already featured by us in this Smoothie). Turns out it totally suits her personality: it's bright and cheerful, sweet but not overpoweringly so.

She loved this cheesecake so much we ended up creating a video for the recipe, and she shared it on her blog not too long ago. She's a TV host here in Portugal, so she's got a great energy and really knows how to work the camera. I, on the other hand, was dead nervous and trying my best not to mess up the takes. But here's what matters the most: we had an awesome time creating a delicious dessert with a great friend; and everyone enjoyed this recipe to bits.

INGREDIENTS
BASE

• 8 medjoul dates, pits removed
• 1 cup | 100 gr. organic rolled oats
• 1 cup | 100 gr. walnuts
• 1/4 cup | 25 gr. dried goji berries
• 1/8 tsp himalayan salt

ORANGE & GOJI CASHEW CREAM

• 3 cups | 400 gr. raw cashews, soaked overnight (or for a minimum of 4 hours)
• 3/4 cup | 190 ml. freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1/4 cup | 60 ml. freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1/2 cup | 125 ml. rice malt syrup
• 1/4 cup | 25 gr. dried goji berries, soaked in warm water for 10 minutes
• 1/2 cup cold-pressed coconut oil, melted but not hot
• zest of 2 oranges

STRAWBERRY SAUCE

• 1 large handful | 200 gr. strawberries
• 4 medjoul dates, pits removed
• 1/3 cup | 80 ml. rice malt syrup
• 3 tbsp | 45 ml. freshly squeezed lemon juice

TOP WITH

• fresh strawberries
• dried goji berries
• walnuts

STEP BY STEP

1. Start by gathering, preparing and measuring all of the ingredients. This will improve your dynamic in the kitchen.

BASE

1. Add the oats, walnuts, goji berries and salt to your food processor or high speed blender and process for about 30 seconds or until they turn into a fine meal.
2. With the motor running, add the pitted dates one by one until they're perfectly combined and the meal turns sticky.
3. .............................

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