Tropical Cheesecake


Tropical Cheesecake

Ingredients

  • 150g Scotch Finger or Buttersnap Biscuits
  • 50g Granita Biscuits
  • 90g Butter – melted
  • 500g Ricotta – drained
  • 150g Philadelphia Cream Cheese
  • 4 tablespoons Sugar or Coconut Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
  • 2 teaspoons Lemon Zest
  • 3 teaspoons Gelatine – dissolved in 1/4 cup boiled Water (whisk with a fork)
  • 450g can crushed Pineapple – drained
  • Kiwi Fruit – peeled and sliced
  • 7 Strawberries – halved
  • 2 packets Lemon or Passionfruit Jelly

Directions

  • Blend biscuits and butter in a food processor.
  • Press into base of a greased 24cm dish, or a springform pan lined with baking paper, refrigerate.
  • Process cheese, sugar, juice and rind for 1 minutes.
  • Scrape down sides, add gelatine and pineapple.
  • Process a further 1 minute or until soft and smooth.
  • Spread mixture onto biscuit base.
  • Arrange fruit on top of cake, press lightly into cheese mixture.
  • Refrigerate for 2 – 3 hours until set, this is to avoid the fruit from floating up in jelly.
  • Dissolve jelly with 200ml of boiled water, then add 400ml of chilled water.
  • Pour over fruit, refrigerate 3 – 4 hours or overnight until set.

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