Strawberry Cheesecake |
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Serves 8 |
Prep 25 mins |
No cook |
Easy |
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+ 2h chilling |
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Ingredients |
125g digestive biscuits
25g Demerara sugar
50g butter, melted
340g cottage cheese
50g caster sugar
grated rind & juice of 1 lemon
2 eggs, separated
284ml single cream
15g gelatine
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To finish
125g strawberries
114ml double cream, whipped
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Break the biscuits into pieces
and place in the blender. Blend on maximum speed for 20
seconds. Combine the crumbs, Demerara sugar and butter.
Spread the mixture over a base of 20cm loose-bottomed cake
tin and chill until firm.
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Place the cheese in the
blender with the caster sugar, lemon rind and juice, egg
yolks and cream. Soak the gelatine in 3 tbsp of cold
water, then heat gently until dissolved. Pour into the
blender and blend on maximum speed for 30 seconds. Turn
into a bowl.
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Whisk the egg whites on
highest speed until stiff, then fold into the cheese
mixture. Spoon over the biscuit base and chill until set.
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Transfer to a serving dish,
arrange the strawberries on top and pipe the cream around
the edge.
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