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Mango Cheesecake
Low Fat 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 reduced fat digestive biscuits
- 65g/2½oz butter
For the filling:
- 75ml/2½floz semi skimmed milk
- 500g/1lb2oz low fat Greek yoghurt
- 60g/2oz caster sugar
- Finely grated zest of 1 lime
- 4 leaves of gelatine (soaked in cold
water)
- ¼ pt whipped cream
For the topping:
- 1 can of mango slices in syrup
- ½ tsp grated nutmeg and cardamon
- 2 gelatine leaves (soaked in cold water)
- 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 in cream.
Mix well.
- To make the base crush the digestive
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 then stir in the spices.
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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