All-Raw Cheese Cake

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This recipe is from Nourishing Traditions p. 566. It reflects the fourth of our 11 Wise Traditions Dietary Principles: eat some animal foods raw; cook most plant foods.

Ingredients

• 2 cups crispy almonds — recipe
• 1 cup pitted dates
• 4 cups homemade cream cheese, softened
• 4 eggs, separated, at room temperature
• 1 ¼ cups milk, preferably raw
• 2 tablespoons gelatin
• ½ cup raw honey
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• pinch sea salt

Instructions

1. In a food processor, process dates and almonds until they form a sticky mass.
2. Press into a buttered 9- inch by 13-inch pyrex pan to form a crust.
3. Put egg yolks and milk in a sauce pan, beat lightly, sprinkle with gelatin and warm slightly until gelatin is dissolved.
4. In a food processor, combine cream cheese, honey and vanilla and process until smooth.
5. Add yolk mixture and process until smooth.
6. Transfer to a bowl and place in refrigerator while beating eggs.
7. Beat egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff, fold into cream-cheese mixture and pour into crust.
8. Chill several hours before serving.

Photo credit: Amanda Kathryn Callahan

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