Strawberry Cream Cheesecake

Strawberry Cream Cheesecake 

Crust

• 1 cup almond meal
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 cup pitted Medjool or other semi -soft dates

Filling

• 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1 1/2 cups cashews
• 3/4 cup filtered water
• 3 tablespoons liquid coconut oil
• seeds from 2 vanilla beans o 2 tablespoons alcohol free vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup lecithin powder

Topping

• 1 1/2 cups strawberries
• 1/3 cup agave syrup

To make the crust, combine the almond meal and salt in a mixing bowl. Sprinkle a pie pan lightly with some of this almond meal. Add the dates to remaining almond meal and mix into dough into the bottom of the pie pan as thinly as possible. The crust should reach at least halfway up the side of pan.