Vegan Blackberry Cheesecake Tart with White Chocolate Glossy Mirror Glaze
Ingredients
- Recipe ?⠀
- Cheesecake ⠀
- 1 cup soaked cashew nuts ⠀
- 60g cocoa butter, melted ⠀
- 1 canned coconut milk ⠀
- 1 cup blackberries⠀
- 3 tbsp lemon juice⠀
- maple syrup to taste ⠀
- 1/2 tsp sea salt⠀
- crust ⠀
- 1 cup whole wheat flour⠀
- 4 tbsp almond meal⠀
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar⠀
- 75g cold non dairy butter or cold coconut oil⠀
- 1 1/2 tbsp cold almond milk⠀
- 1/4 tsp sea salt⠀
Preparation
White chocolate mirror glaze (recipe makes about 4 cups, you’ll need 1/2 to 1 cup of glaze for the cheesecakes. Pour remaining glaze in airtight container and keep in the fridge for up to 1 week). 320g condensed coconut milk @naturescharm ⠀
Cups cocoa butter ⠀
Cup water⠀
Tsp agar-agar powder⠀
Cup sugar of choice ⠀
Tbsp Supercolor powder for the colour .⠀
Cheesecake⠀
Scrape out the coconut cream from the canned coconut milk. Add the coconut cream, and other ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth. Pour mixture into silicone molds. Place in the freezer until solid. .⠀
Crust⠀
Preheat oven to 180c. In a food processor, add crust ingredients pulse until a dough ball forms. Roll dough into a large rectangle. ⠀
Cut out the circles of the chilled dough using your tart ring, cut long strips of dough. Lift the strips and place them on the inside of each tart ring. Bake at 180c for 15 minutes. Allow to cool completely.⠀
Mirror glaze⠀
In a sauce pan, add the sugar, water and heat over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. When mixture begins to simmer, add the condensed coconut milk cocoa butter, agar powder. Keep stirring until agar completely dissolve. Take it off the heat, pour about 1 cup of the glaze into a heat resistant bowl and whisk in dissolved supercolor powder until well-mixed. Pass the glaze through a fine strainer to remove any lumps. Leave the glaze to cool. .⠀
Assemble⠀
Pour cooled glaze over the frozen cheesecake. Leave the glaze to set before using a hot knife to remove the drips. .⠀
Carefully transfer the glazed cheesecake into cool tart.⠀