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SUMMER CHEESECAKE
12 chocolate and nut biscuits
180 g cream cheese
200 ml double cream
1 x 397g tin sweetened condensed milk
Zest and juice of 4 limes
250 g strawberries
4 tbsp desiccated coconut toasted
For the topping
200 g strawberries
1 ripe mango
220 g watermelon diced
2 kiwis, peeled and diced
1 tbsp white rum
1 tbsp caster sugar
1 tbsp finely chopped mint
1 lime
1
Grease and line a 20cm square cake tin; process the biscuits to coarse crumbs then press firmly onto the base of the tin using the back of a spoon
2
For the filling, put the cream cheese, double cream and condensed milk in a bowl and whisk until smooth. Add the lime zest and juice and whisk until thickened and holding soft peaks; hull, halve and quarter the strawberries and fold into the cheese mixture; spoon into the tin and level with the back of a spoon; scatter on the coconut, cover and chill overnight
3
Hull and halve the strawberries if too big; peel the mango and slice thinly; combine all the fruit for the topping up to 2 hours before serving and set aside
4
About 30 minutes before you serve, stir the rum, sugar and mint into the fruit; slice the lime thinly
5
Remove the cheesecake from the tin, cut into 9 squares and immediately top with the fruit and lime slices and serve