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Wes Carr's Strawberry Cheesecake with Chocolate Post by: Triple M Adelaide 20 April, 2009 - 12:57 PM
Ingredients:
2 tbsp butter
125 g wholemeal biscuits, crushed
500 g cream cheese, softened
½ cup castor sugar
2 egg yolks
1 tsp grated lemon zest
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
Topping
1 cup cream
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp lemon juice
1 punnet strawberries
Some white, milk or dark chocolate of choice
Method:
Prepare this cheesecake in the microwave:
Place the butter in a bowl and heat on High for 1 minute. Stir in the crushed wholemeal biscuits and cook on High for 2 minutes. Press biscuit mixture into the base of a microwave-safe glass pie dish.
In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, egg yolks, lemon zest and juice until creamy. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites with a metal spoon. Pour on top of the biscuit base and cook on Defrost for 20 minutes. Allow to cool, cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator.
In a small bowl, beat the cream, lemon juice, sugar and vanilla essence until the sugar dissolves. Spread over the chilled cheesecake. Wash and dry the strawberries, cut in half and arrange around the edge of the cheesecake. Return to the refrigerator and cool for at least an hour before serving.
Just before serving, grate either some white, milk or dark chocolate on the top of the cheesecake.
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