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Silky Chocolate Blood Orange Cheesecake
Serves 8
Slightly sour with a marbled ruby interior and berrylike flesh, blood oranges peak in early spring. In this Silky Chocolate Blood Orange Cheesecake, they’re paired with rich chocolate and creamy cashews for a perfectly sweet, seasonal ending to any spring feast.
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Ingredients
Crust
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 cup packed, pitted Medjool dates (about 8)
- ¼ tsp sea salt
Filling
- 2 cups raw unsalted cashews, soaked overnight in water, drained and rinsed
- <strong>⅔</strong> cup coconut oil, melted
- ¼ cup maple syrup, plus more to drizzle
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- Zest of 1 blood orange
- ¼ cup blood orange juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- 1 blood orange, cut into thin rounds, for serving
Nutrition
Per serving:
- calories 542
- protein 10g
- fat 42g
-
carbs
42g
- sugar 26g
- fiber 5g
- sodium 153mg
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