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Mango Cheesecake
Christmas Recipes
by Neven Maguire
This mango topped cheesecake mixes the luscious tropical fruit with spices on a biscuit base.
Serves 8
Ingredients:
Vegetable oil for greasing
125g/4½ oz ginger nut biscuits
65g/2½ oz butter
For the filling:
1 vanilla pod seeds only
75ml/2½floz semi skimmed milk
500g/1lb2oz low fat Greek yoghurt
100g/4oz caster sugar
Finely grated zest of 2 limes and juice
4 leaves/ 1 sachet of gelatine (soaked in cold water)
¼ pint cream whipped
For the Topping:
1 can of mango slices in syrup
2 gelatine leaves (soaked in cold water)
METHOD :
- To make the filling heat the milk, add the gelatine and caster sugar. Whisk in the Greek yoghurt, add the juice and zest of the lime and whisk well.
- To make the base crush the gingernut biscuits, melt the butter and stir into the biscuits, mix well. Brush a 9-inch cake tin with a removable base with some vegetable oil. Press the mixture firmly and evenly over the base of the tin and chill for 10 minutes.
- Pour the filling over the set biscuit base and chill for 1 hour or until set.
- To make the topping blend the can of mango slices, add sugar if needed. Heat 1 tbsp of water in a saucepan, stir in the soaked gelatine, pour the mixture over the filling and chill for 2-3 hours until set.
- Remove the base of the cake tin and place the cheesecake on a plate and serve with some raspberry coulis.
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