Healthier Alternative Cheesecake

Hey everyone,
So I decided to make something with some leftover tofu. Gross I hear you say, actually in this recipe it adds consistency and it tastes delicious, but don't take my word for it make it yourself! This recipe is for a Key Lime Pie style 'Cheesecake', I will guide you through how to make the base as well, but your welcome to be lazy and use whatever crushed biscuits you fancy* (I recommend Lotus Biscoff biscuits as I'm slightly obsessed with Biscoff, watch out for a cooking post involving it, in some form soon).

So let's get to baking then...

Base 
Ingredients:

• 170g plain flour
• 50g sugar
• 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 3 tbsps honey
• 50g coconut oil
• 87g coconut cream
• 1 egg yolk
• 100g coconut chips

Method:

• Preheat the oven to Gas 3/ 160C/325F and line a baking pan with grease proof paper
• First of all mix the dry ingredients together in a large bowl ( sugar, bicarb and flour).
• Then melt the coconut oil and honey in a saucepan over a medium heat until liquid state.
• In a separate bowl whisk together the egg yolk and coconut cream until fully combined.

• Once slightly cooled, a little bit at  a time, whisk the oil mix into the egg mix until fully incorporated.
• Then a little at a time pour wet ingredients into dry and mix thoroughly until you have a wet dough, then add in the coconut chips and combine.

• Scoop with a table spoon onto your prepared baking tray, leaving space for spreading(see my example).
• Place in the oven and bake for 20-30 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and leave to crisp up and cool down**.

• Once cooled crumble up the cookies into large chunks and add to a food processor, processing until you have a fine crumb.
• Melt 1tbsp of coconut oil with 2tbsps of golden syrup in a microwave for 30 seconds, then slowly add to the processor, mixing after each edition.
• Grease a freezable pie dish and press the cookie crumb mix evenly into the dish.

 * If doing the lazy version just follow from the third step from the end.
**If you simply wanted to make these as cookies just ignore the last three steps and you're finished. 

'Cheesecake layer'
 Ingredients:

• 1/2 block of firm tofu
• 163g coconut cream
• Juice of 2 limes
• 2tbsps of honey

Method:

• Put all ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth.
• Scrape the tofu mix into the prepared pie crust and spread into an even layer.
• Place in the fridge to set for at least a hour and remove when ready to serve for the same or next day.
• Alternatively this can be made in advance and kept in the fridge for a month at most, just remove a hour before serving to defrost. 

Hope you have fun experimenting with this recipe!

Thanks for reading,

Jennifer x