Key Lime Cheesecake Pie with Avocado

This no-bake, healthy Key Lime Cheesecake Pie is a perfect make ahead dessert to add to your party menu.  It’s gluten free, has a nutty base and the added goodness of avocado.

For me cheesecake is a special occasion, rather than an everyday kind of dessert.  It tends to be rich, high in both fat and sugar but who can resist a slice of creamy, velvety cheesecake every once in a while?

Easter is the perfect occasion for enjoying a slice of cheesecake!

I am bringing this healthy cheesecake recipe to Recipe ReDux.  This month’s challenge is to share our favourite family recipe for spring celebrations.  My Easter menu always includes eggs (such as devilled eggs for example), a fish dish and a cake.

I like to bring something new to the table each year so the dishes are never exactly the same.  But I try to make sure they include flavours and ingredients popular around Easter time.

Such as cheesecake!

Healthy creamy cheesecake pie

This no bake key lime cheesecake pie is ideal if you love cheesecake but not necessarily all the calories that usually come with it.  Although I didn’t use any cream this dessert has a lovely rich and creamy texture.  This is thanks to the combination of cream cheese and mozzarella soft cheese (the kind that’s used to make the starter, with tomato and basil).

As well as the addition of the avocado!

But avocado does more than help create a super creamy, velvety dessert!  It also adds goodness and a nice light green tint, which I think is really fitting in a lime recipe!

How to make key lime avocado cheesecake pie

This key lime cheesecake recipe uses not just the juice of limes but also the pulp. (See my Instructions below on how to remove the skin from the lime).  Using only the juice would make the filling too runny and, besides, there is less waste if you use the entire fruit.

The base for this easy cheesecake pie recipe is made using blanched, toasted and then blitzed almonds.  I’ve also added some to the filling mixture for extra sweetness and bulk (see my Instructions).

There are 2 parts to this recipe. One involves making the 4-ingredient almond base.  The other one is combining all the filling ingredients and pureeing until smooth.  Then all you have to do is press the base mixture into your pie dish, spread the filling over the top, scatter lime zest and refrigerate

If you are pressed for time try to refrigerate this key lime cheesecake pie for at least 4 hours before serving.  Though I think it tastes best the next day. Decorate with more lime zest, or white and dark chocolate shavings if you wish.

If you like this recipe you make also like my Healthy Black Forest Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake Tart.

More avocado dessert recipes

If you love avocado dessert recipes check out this gluten free Chilli Avocado Chocolate Mousse Recipe!  You may also like my super nutritious Avocado Raspberry Lemon Balm Smoothie recipe.

Blender recipe

I used my fantastic Optimum VAC2 Air Vacuum Blender to make this healthy key lime cheesecake recipe.  It took 10 seconds to blitz the almonds and I also used this blender to make the filling.  Once again my blender did not disappoint and the results were exactly what I wanted – perfectly crumbly almonds and a velvety smooth filling (all ready within seconds!).

Check out my brief optimum blender review as well as Special Readers Offer at the bottom of this post↓

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Key Lime Cheesecake Pie with Avocado

This no-bake Key Lime Cheesecake Pie with Avocado is a perfect make ahead dessert to add to your party menu. It's gluten free, has a nutty base and the added goodness of avocado.

Prep Time15 mins

Total Time15 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American, International

Keyword: avocado, cheesecake, key lime, pie

Servings: 1 Medium Pie

Author: Everyday Healthy Recipes

Ingredients

For the Filling:

• 1.5 large limes
• 2 medium/large avocados peeled, seeds removed
• 320 g full fat cream cheese
• 125 g mozzarella full fat soft cheese drained weight, excess water gently squeezed out
• 100 g icing sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Base:

• 250 g blanched almonds some of it will be added to the filling, see Instructions
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 30 g melted butter
• 1 tablespoon cacao/cocoa powder

Decorate with more lime zest and/or chocolate shavings (white/dark).

Instructions

• You will need a 23 cm pie dish.
• Toast the almonds in a pan until they start turning a little brown (not too dark). Blitz in a blender until you get a crumbly consistency (almost powdery but not quite). If you are using Optimum VAC2 Air Vacuum Blender 10 seconds at speed 2 should be sufficient. Transfer into a bowl and set aside.
• Prepare the limes. Grate the zest of 1 lime and put aside to use later. Using a sharp knife cut off the top and bottom of the limes, then stand the lime on one end and slice the skin off downwards all the way around (ensuring you are also removing the white skin around the fruit).
• In a blender combine all the Filling ingredients (not the lime zest), add 4 tablespoons of the almond mixture and blend until very smooth. Stir in the lime zest and set aside.
• Combine all the base ingredients,stir thoroughly, tip the mixture into your pie dish and press into the bottom using the back of a large spoon spreading the mixture evenly. Pour in the filling spreading evenly, decorate with more lime zest and or dark/white chocolate shavings and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or for best results overnight (cover with cling film or tin foil).

Notes

For best results refrigerate overnight before serving.

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RECIPE LINK PARTIES

I am bringing my key lime cheesecake pie to  #CookBlogShare, hosted this week by Kirsty@Hijacked By Twins. Also sharing with G2BGF, Fiesta Friday, co-hosted this week by  Laurena @ Life Diet Health and Alex @ Turks Who Eat.

Also sharing with Recipe ReDux – check out all the recipes for springtime celebrations linked up by other members.