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Capybara Cheesecake
 
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Prep Time: 780 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes
Ready In: 780 Minutes
Servings: 12
This recipe comes from Ronny on the alt.food.vegan newsgroup. Ronny is renowned for her cakes. I haven't yet made this one but I bet right now from past experience of her recipes that it will work very well indeed. Indeed I'm posting it here so that I don't lose it! Times include overnight chilling.
Ingredients:
400 g tofu
1 1/2 teaspoons agar-agar
1/2 cup soya milk
4 tablespoons syrup (bang goes my diet...)
1 lemon, juice of
grated fresh lemon rind
1 grated orange, rind of
2 cups orange juice
1/2 teaspoon agar-agar
1 chopped orange
1 packet digestive biscuit (graham crackers, if you are american)
50 g chocolate
Directions:
1. Melt chocolate and grind up biscuits.
2. Mix together.
3. Press into a springform cake/flan tin.
4. Freeze for about half an hour.
5. Put all the tofu layer ingredients except agar agar into a pan, blend with hand blender, then heat.
6. Boil the agar agar in a little water separately, then add to other pan.
7. Bring to boil, stirring then remove from heat.
8. Pour onto base.
9. Put in fridge till set, preferably overnight.
10. Mix agar agar with a little water till smooth in a cup.
11. Put orange juice in a pan, add agar agar then bring to boil.
12. Arrange orange segments on top of cheesecake.
13. Spoon orange jelly on top.
14. Allow to set.
15. Garnish with a drizzle of melted chocolate.
By RecipeOfHealth.com