September 15, 2009

Cherry Cheesecake

Makes 6 slices

Inspired by Nigella Lawson, I tried this out at home - and I'm proud to say that it was a success. Overall, it works out to be expensive - but makes every paisa spent completely worth the while! This is the non-bake variety of cheesecake.


You need -
200gms Philadelphia/Danish Cream Cheese
90gms of digestive biscuits
50gms of butter (unsalted preferred)
40gms of icing sugar/powdered sugar
175mls of Amul fresh cream
A fresh lemon
Vanilla essence
A bottle of fruit preserve - I chose St. Dalfour's Black Cherry preserve

What you have to do -
- Beat the fresh cream into a thick mixture and set aside in a bowl
- Put the icing/powdered sugar, a dash of lime, vanilla essence and the cream cheese into a bowl and beat it up until it's consistent and fluffy
- Put the biscuits and butter in a blender until you get a coarse mix for the base
- Butter a flat medium-deep bowl and press the base on to it evenly
- Mix the fresh cream mix with the second mix until you get an even consistency
- Pour the fresh batter over the base evenly and then put away in the fridge for a few hours
- Place on a plate and pour our generous portions of cherry preserve on top of the cake just before serving

Serve cold and don't count the calories!

2 comments:

amna said...

babes!! you made cheesecake?! awesome! do you get philly cheesecake in hyd?

Darshini Santhanam said...

It was surprisingly easy and so very delicious! We don't get philly cheesecake in any place I know, but we do get philly cheese. So, you can make it yourself :D