Cheesecake with Ginger & Lime

SERVES 4 – 6
Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking: 2 minutes
2 cups / 225g ginger cookies, crushed*
¼ cups / 60g butter or margarine
2 tbsp icing sugar or to taste
4 cups / 500g mascarpone cheese
grated zest and juice of 2 limes
dark chocolate **

* Crush with the end of a rolling pin
**  optional

1 Begin by melting the butter or margarine in a pan. When ready, add the crunched ginger biscuits and mix well.

2 Spoon this mixture into a flan dish or spring cake tin and smooth the surface. Chilli for 30 minutes.

3 Next, mix the icing sugar and mascarpone in a bowl; add the lime zest and juice and adjust to taste.

4 Spread the over the cookie base and chill in the fridge for a further 30 minutes.

5 If desired, grate on some dark chocolate before serving.





Steven's View: This cheesecake recipe simply couldn't be easier and is perfect to produce for those last minute dinner parties. You can also make these in smaller tartlet tins to serve each person individually which looks quite good plated up.
This guest recipe and food shot has been taken from the book "The Global Vegetarian Kitchen" ISBN 978-1-906523-38-1. Original text by Troth Wells and reprinted courtesy of New Internationalist.

This book can be purchased online from Amazon.co.uk.
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