Aubergine cheesecake
Tuesday 09 September 2008 at 04:38 am. Does it sound as appealing to you as it sounds to me? I haven't tried it out yet, but since we're sharing recipe's and i know some of you are really into aubergines: a recipe for a vegan aubergine (eggplant) cheesecake! (i've also got a recipe for eggplant with peanut butter sauce)Ingredients
Serves 12 (or two if you’ve got a sweet-tooth like some)
Nut Crust
5 Tbs. softened Earth Balance (vegan butter)
1/2 tsp. sea salt
1/2 cup (125 g) sucanat or turbinado sugar (or any sugar)
2 cups (500 g) untoasted walnuts
Cheesecake Filling
1 large eggplant (about 1 1/2 lb (700 g))
EnerG egg replacer for 4 large eggs
3/4 tsp. sea salt
1 cup (250 g) sucanat or turbinado sugar (or any sugar)
1 cup (250 g) semi-sweet vegan chocolate chips
1 
z (225) pkg vegan cream cheese
2 tsp vanilla extract
Sauce
Juice of 3 oranges and 2 lemons
1/2 cup (125 g) your choice of granulated sugar 2 tbs Earth Balance vegan butter 3/4 tsp sea salt
1/3 tsp ground cloves
3 pieces chopped crystallized ginger
1/2 cup (125 g) coarsely chopped walnuts
Directions
To make Nut Crust: Combine butter, salt and sugar in food processor. Mix until creamy. Add walnuts, and process until ingredients are smooth. Place nut mixture into 10-inch deep-dish pie plate. Using spatula, build up sides, and smooth out bottom to form crust. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 325F. (165 Celsius)
To make Cheesecake Filling: Slice off stem end of large eggplant. Cut off about 2 inches more, and peel. Cut chunk into 1-inch cubes, and place in food processor. Process eggplant, yielding about 1/2 cup eggplant purée. Add eggs, and process. Add salt, sugar and chocolate chips, and process on high speed 1 minute. Add cream cheese and vanilla, and process. Let chocolate bits stay in mixture, as these sink to form bottom cheesecake layer. Pour mixture into nut crust. Slice remainder of eggplant, skin on, into 1/8-inch-thick rounds. Wrap in plastic, and set aside.
Bake 55 minutes, or until center is firm. Remove from oven, and cool at least 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, to make Sauce: Combine orange and lemon juices, sugar, butter, salt, cloves and chopped ginger in large saucepan. Heat over medium heat, stirring often, until boiling. Reduce heat to low, stirring occasionally. Place eggplant slices in saucepan, and cook 25 minutes.
Toast walnuts until golden. Remove eggplant slices from sauce mixture, and arrange eggplant attractively on cheesecake, overlapping slices if necessary. Add nuts to sauce.
Spoon 6 tablespoons sauce, including nuts, over eggplant slices. Cover cheesecake in plastic or foil, and refrigerate at least 2 hours. Refrigerate remaining sauce.
To serve, heat sauce over low heat. Using sharp knife, cut cheesecake into 12 portions, and place on plates. Spoon sauce over each serving, and enjoy*
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