Vegan Tofu Cheesecake with Strawberry Curd

Recipe by Nikoleta, vegan cook and author of every recipe in the Tofu app · @surovadcerka

Ingredients

crust

• 215 g vegan oat biscuits
• 50 g all-purpose flour
• 80 g vegan butter

filling

• 400 g firm tofu
• 300 g vegan sour cream (coconut or soy)
• 70 g lemon juice
• 50 g powdered sugar
• 15 g cornstarch
• 10 g all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp ground vanilla
• 1 pinch salt
• 20 g vegan butter
• 20 g water (or plant-based milk)

strawberry curd

• 200 g strawberries (fresh or frozen)
• 6 g cornstarch
• 25 g granulated sugar
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 pinch salt
• 25 g vegan butter (optional)

Contains: gluten, soy

How to make it

1. Start by preparing the base. Take the butter out of the refrigerator in advance so it softens slightly. Alternatively, you can gently warm it in the microwave to about 30°C to speed up the softening process.
2. Finely crush the vegan oat cookies, then weigh out 215g.
3. Add plain flour to the crushed cookies and mix. Add the plant-based butter cut into cubes, then work it in with your fingertips to create a dough.
4. Choose a cheesecake pan with a diameter of about 20 cm. Cut a circle from parchment paper with the same diameter to line the bottom.
5. Press the dough into the pan and shape the crust. The walls should be about 4 cm high for this size pan. I make the walls thicker, a bit more than 1 cm, and the bottom thinner, about 6-7 mm.
6. Place the shaped crust in the refrigerator until needed.
7. Preheat the oven to 175°C - top and bottom heat without fan. I recommend placing a baking sheet in the oven, not just a rack.
8. First, remove excess water from the tofu using whatever you have at home - tofu press, nut milk bag, or kitchen towel.
9. Pour coconut cream, lemon juice, powdered sugar, melted plant-based butter, cornstarch, plain flour, ground vanilla, pinch of salt, and water or milk into the blender.
10. Blend everything together until smooth to create a beautiful cream without tofu lumps. Blend for about 2 minutes.
11. Taste and adjust the cream's flavor to your liking - more sugar, more vanilla, or more lemon.
12. Remove the crust from the refrigerator and pour the tofu cream into it. Level everything and cover the top of the pan with aluminum foil.
13. Bake the cheesecake for 50 minutes. For the last 5 minutes, you can remove the foil and finish baking without it.
14. Let the cheesecake cool for about 1 hour in the turned-off and slightly open oven to prevent cracking.
15. Allow the vegan cheesecake to cool in the pan, then store it in the refrigerator so it sets properly. I usually let it set overnight, but give it at least 2 hours.
16. While the cake is baking, prepare the strawberry curd. Blend fresh strawberries and cornstarch in a blender.
17. Pour the strawberries into a small saucepan, add sugar, butter, lemon juice, and a pinch of salt. Bring everything to a boil over medium heat until the curd thickens.
18. You can pour it over the cheesecake before refrigerating so the curd sets on top.
19. Once set, remove the cheesecake from the pan and cut into 8 pieces. Store in the refrigerator.

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