Incredible tofu cheesecake
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Grape Nuts cereal |
| ¼ | cup | Apple juice concentrate; (undiluted) |
| 2 | tablespoons | Agar flakes |
| ⅔ | cup | Vanilla soymilk or rice milk |
| ½ | cup | Sugar or other sweetener |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | pounds | Reduced-fat firm tofu; (not silken) |
| 4 | tablespoons | Fresh lemon juice |
| 2 | teaspoons | Grated fresh lemon peel |
| 2 | teaspoons | Vanilla |
| ⅓ | cup | Sugar or other sweetener |
| 1½ | tablespoon | Cornstarch or arrowroot |
| 1½ | tablespoon | Fresh lemon juice |
| ½ | teaspoon | Grated fresh lemon peel |
| ⅓ | cup | Water |
Directions
CRUST
CAKE
LEMON GLAZE
For the record, this is Sheri Slattery's recipe, posted on Aug. 23, 1999.
Crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix the ingredients and pat into 9-inch pie pan. Bake 8 minutes. Cool before filling.
Cake: Combine agar and soymilk in a saucepan and let stand 5 minutes. Stir in sugar and salt. Simmer over low heat, stirring frequently, 5 minutes.
Pour into a blender and add tofu, lemon juice, lemon peel, and vanilla.
Blend until very, very smooth. Spread evenly into pre-baked crust.
Lemon Glaze: Stir sugar and cornstarch together in small saucepan then add the lemon juice, lemon peel, and water. Whisk smooth. Heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is clear and thick. Spread evenly over cheesecake. Top with fresh fruit (strawberries, kiwi, mandarin oranges, etc.) Chill thoroughly before serving.
Per serving: 192 calories, 2 grams of fat, 9⅖% fat. From "The Peaceful Palate" by Jennifer Raymond.
Posted to fatfree digest by "Ruth C. Hoffman" <ruth.hoffman@...> on Oct 20, 1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.