Upside-down lemon cheesecake

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• vindee

  12 August 2011

  vindee commented on this recipe

  I made an Upside Down Mango Quark Cheese Pie icpired by your recipe ... outstanding! http://www.passionateaboutbaking.com/2011/08/no-bake-upside-down-mango-quark-cheesecake.html

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• someoneailsa

  18 August 2011

  someoneailsa rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is a really nice recipe. I like zingy lemon deserts though and at 185 calories you can't lose! I served it at a dinner party - my partner and I are on very strict diet but didn't have to break it and my guests didn't even notice!

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• CJC

  17 September 2011

  CJC rated and commented on this recipe

  

  this was fantastic! friends, family and, most importantly, wife LOVED it. quick and easy (whipped it up the night before dinner party). used ginger biscuits for the bottom.

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• Ritmar

  18 January 2012

  Ritmar commented on this recipe

  As I couldn't find Quark I used sieved cottage cheese which worked very well. Have also put this into individual small dishes and served without turning out. Really lovely recipe.

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• south63

  21 February 2012

  south63 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made this over the weekend. Simple enough and it has a lovely tangy lemon flavor. I used about 20 amaretti biscuits but this didn't provide enough of a crunchy base. The texture of the Cheesecake was more akin to a thick panna cotta than a traditional cheesecake which was slightly off putting at first but it did have a nice flavor so all in all not a bad dessert. Not sure I would make it again but if I did then I would make it slightly less low fat by substituting the amaretti biscuits for ginger nuts or digestives for more of a crunchy base.

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• sarahT

  08 April 2012

  sarahT commented on this recipe

  DELICIOUS !! will make over and over and over again !!

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• Fran_AD

  10 May 2012

  Fran_AD commented on this recipe

  Having never made cheesecake before I was a little apprehensive, but my love for lemon cheesecake soon kicked any anxiety into touch!! Nice simple recipe - found Quark in Tesco's (80p - 250g tub - May 2012 price), used Vege-Gel instead of normal gelatine and ginger biscuits instead of the Amaretti's. Easy to make and left it to set over night and the result - DELICIOUS!!! ;0) However, I did leave it in the fridge for a couple of days (couldn't eat in in one sitting!) and the lemon curd topping "melted" and caused the biscuits to go soggy at the bottom which wasn't so appealing BUT still tasted good ;0) I think next time I will leave the topping to just some lemon zest hopefully avoiding soggy biscuits at the bottom.

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• Jannine

  13 May 2012

  Jannine rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made this cheesecake yesterday and had a slice (or wedge!) just now for dessert. Admittedly I was a bit sceptical about using just crushed amaretti biscuits so I changed to ginger nut biscuits mixed with a little melted butter. I also had to tamper with the topping in that 2tbsp of icing sugar was in no way enough to cut through the sharpness of the lemons (I must have bought the most acidic lemons in the world!). As a result I added approx 1.5tbsp of icing sugar to the mix coupled with 1tbsp to the lemon juice/gelatine mix. I agree with previous comments that the cheesecake, after sitting for 24 hours in the fridge resembles more a panna cotta consistency. Perhaps this could be fixed by adding another leaf of gelatine or perhaps by omitting the extra icing sugar? Overall a nice refreshing low(er) fat version of a household favourite.

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• Caroline

  24 June 2012

  Caroline commented on this recipe

  In France an alternative to Quark is 0% Fromage Blanc. For vegetarians, an alternative to gelatine is agar-agar (based on seaweed), available from health food shops.

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• annahunter

  16 August 2012

  annahunter rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I loved this but it was a bit too lemony for my husband. To make it more like a new york vanilla cheesecake I swapped the lemon curd for condensed milk and dissolved the gelatine in a little warm skimmed milk. Absolutely delicious and makes almost no difference to the calorie count!

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• Es

  09 December 2012

  Es rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely pointless making this upside down-its just a nightmare to turn out! Tastes fine though.

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• scubachick

  12 January 2013

  scubachick commented on this recipe

  They sell Quark at all the big supermarkets and use ginger biscuits they are great as a base for lemon cheesecake,.

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Ingredients

• 500g Quark
• 200g light soft cheese
• 6 tbsp lemon curd , plus a little extra mixed with lemon juice, to serve
• 2 tbsp icing sugar
• 2 lemons , zested and juiced
• 4 gelatine sheets
• 12 amaretti biscuits , crushed

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Serves 8

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Prep 20 mins

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Ingredients

• 500g Quark
• 200g light soft cheese
• 6 tbsp lemon curd , plus a little extra mixed with lemon juice, to serve
• 2 tbsp icing sugar
• 2 lemons , zested and juiced
• 4 gelatine sheets
• 12 amaretti biscuits , crushed

PER SERVING

185 kcalories, protein 14.4g, carbohydrate 23.6g, fat 4.2 g, saturated fat 2.4g, fibre 0.2g, salt 0.48 g

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