Good Mood Recipe
Cherry Cheesecake
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Cherry Cheesecake - Sweet Cherry Delight!
Difficulty:
moderate
Difficulty
Preparation:
1 hr
Preparation
ready in 5 h.
Ready in
Ingredients
for
8
- For the base
- 11 ozs almond Cookie
- ⅔ cup unsalted butter (melted)
- For the filling
- ½ cup Cherry juice
- ½ oz Powdered gelatine
- 1 cup Sour cream
- 2 ¼ cups Cottage cheese
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups cream
- to decorate
- 5 ozs red Fruit jelly
Preparation steps
1.
Heat the oven to 180°C (160° fan) 350°F gas 4. Grease a 23cm / 9" springform cake tin.
2.
For the base: crush the biscuit to crumbs in a food processor. Stir in the butter and press the crumb mixture firmly and evenly onto the base and sides of the tin.
3.
Bake for 10 minutes until firm, then set aside to cool completely.
4.
For the filling: pour the cherry juice into a pan and sprinkle with the gelatine. Leave to stand for 5 minutes.
5.
Heat very gently for about 2 minutes, until the gelatine has dissolved; stir if necessary.
6.
Whisk into the sour cream.
7.
Puree the cottage cheese and sugar in a food processor until very smooth. Add the vanilla and stir into the soured cream mixture.
8.
Whisk the cream until thick, then whisk into the sour cream mixture.
9.
Pour into the crumb case. Smooth the top.
10.
Chill for at least 4 hours until set.
11.
To decorate: place the jelly cubes in a jug. Add boiling water up to the 7 ounces mark, stir until dissolved. Make up to 19 ounces with cold water.
12.
Pour into a tin or dish and chill until set.
13.
Chop the jelly finely and arrange on top of the cheesecake.
