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Barb Hodgens

Barb Hodgens loves to cook with alternative, healthy whole food ingredients, with a focus on gut health. Barb has overcome her own gut health issues through healthy eating. Share your ideas, comments and photos at the end of this post :)

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Decadent tropical vegan summer dessert.

You don’t have to be vegan to fall in love with this dairy-free, tropical, mango cheesecake with macadamia crumble. It’s a deliciously healthy, fresh summer dessert that is gluten-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free, vegan and paleo. You can even enjoy it on SCD or GAPS diets.

This layered dessert has a nut base, a creamy cashew, coconut & mango centre, topped with slices of fresh mango and a sweet, crunchy macadamia and coconut crumble.

This no-bake mango cheesecake requires an excellent blender. Without a high-speed blender the cashew and coconut filling will be grainy. The Vibe Blender System reduces the filling ingredients to a silky, smooth, cream cheese look-alike in less than a minute.

If you love coconut and cashew cheese desserts try these mini raw coconut and strawberry chia jam cheesecakes or these raw mini pecan pies.

Mango cheesecake with macadamia crumble (Vegan & Paleo)

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It doesn’t matter whether or not you are vegan, you’ll fall in luv with this dairy-free, cashew and coconut-based cheesecake. It’s tropical, delicious and gluten-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free, vegan and paleo.

Ingredients

Base

½ cup raw macadamias
½ cup almonds
¼ cup shredded coconut
5 medjool dates seeded and chopped into small pieces.
1 tablespoon coconut oil
Pinch salt

Cashew cream filling

2 cups pre-soaked raw cashews
1/2 cup canned coconut cream or milk (no coconut water)
1 teaspoons vanilla
1/3 cup coconut oil (70 grams)
1/3 cup honey (or maple syrup)
1 mango cheek

Mango & crumble

1 mango cheek sliced
1 tablespoon shredded coconut
¼ cup macadamia nuts (8-10 nuts), slightly crushed
½ teaspoon of coconut oil
1 teaspoon of honey (or maple syrup)
Pinch of salt

Directions

Preparation

Soak the cashews in water for 2 hours to soften. The cashews may be left to soak for up to 8 hours or overnight.
Place a can of coconut cream or milk upside-down in the freezer to chill for a few hours. When it’s time to make the cheesecake filling, scoop out the cream from the top of the can. The coconut water is not required in this recipe.

Base

Grease and line the base of a small loaf tin with coconut oil.
Add the macadamia, almonds and coconut into the Vibe Blender jug. Pulse 2 or 3 times to reduce to a crumble. Open the blender and scrap down under the blades with a blunt butter knife to loosen the congested nuts.
Add the chopped dates, coconut oil and salt. Pulse the blender several times until the ingredients form a rough, sticky crumble. You may need to stop once to scrape down under the blades.
Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and press down with your fingertips or the back of a spoon to form a smooth base. Place it in the fridge to set.
While the base is setting, prepare the cashew cream filling. There is no need to clean the blender jug for the filling.

Cashew cream filling

Pour the cashews into a sieve to drain. Tap the sieve to remove excess water and then pour the nuts into the Vibe blender jug.
Add all the remaining ingredients.
Insert the Tamper tool into the lid of the blender and blend on ‘smoothie’ mode for 50 seconds or until completely smooth.
Pour the filling onto the nut base. It doesn’t matter if the base has not set hard.
Place the cheesecake in the fridge for minimum 4 hours to set or into the freezer for 2 hours.
While the cheesecake is chilling, prepare the macadamia crumble.

Macadamia and coconut crumble

Place all ingredients in a small pan.
Gently heat and stir continuously with a spatula to avoid burning.
Remove from the heat as soon as the coconut is golden brown. Set aside to cool. Store in an airtight container until required.
Run a knife around the inside edge of the loaf tin before turning the mango cheesecake out onto a platter.
Arrange slices of fresh mango on top, then sprinkle with nut crumble - reserving some for plating up.
Store the cheesecake in the fridge until it’s time to serve.

Mango cheesecake with macadamia crumble (Vegan & Paleo)

Barb Hodgens

Decadent tropical vegan summer dessert.