Basic Uncooked Cheesecake
(from Heather P’s recipe box)
Addition of fruit (eg: passionfruit, chopped berries, fruit salad), melted chocolate swirled through, or topped with a coulis to serve
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 0 minutes
Serves 12 people
Categories: Desserts
Ingredients
- Base:
- 200 g plain sweet biscuits, crushed finely
- 100 g butter, melted
- Filling:
- 350 g cream cheese, softened
- zest 1 lemon or lime
- 397 g tin sweetened condensed milk
- 1/3 C lemon juice
- 10 g gelatine, softened in little cold water
- 150 ml cream, whipped to soft peaks
Directions
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Base:
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Combine crushed biscuits and melted butter and press into base and sides of greased 20cm springform pan.
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Filling:
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Beat together cream cheese, citrus zest and sweetened condensed milk.
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Add softened gelatine to lemon juice, then fold into cream cheese mixture.
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Fold in whipped cream an pour into biscuit crust.
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Chill 4 hours, or overnight.