lemon cheesecake

a tangy sweet lemony gingernut cheesecake.

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Recipe by chef puddz

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 10

Preparation and cooking times

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Method

  1. place the butter in the saucepan ready to melt.
  2. when the butters melted, add the crushed up gingernuts to the butter, then mix well till the gingernuts are equally covered with the melted butter.
  3. place the gingernut mix into a cheesecake dish of any of your choice, then put into the fridge for half an hour to cool.
  4. place the cream fraiche into a large mixing bowl, add the pots of soft cheese then the juice of 2 and a half lemons, mix together with a whisk then add your icing sugar to how sweet you would like your dish to be.
  5. once the gingernuts are cooled bring out of the fridge and place your cheesecake mix onto the base and place back into the fridge to set.
  6. a 3 and a half cm deep and a 22 cm wide dish can serve up to 10 people all depending on how big you like your slices.
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  • 01 September 2009

    chef puddz rated this recipe

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  • 20 December 2010

    langsarahp rated and commented on this recipe

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    I would suggest using less lemon juice than suggested as mine didn't set, think juice of 2 lemons rather than two and a half would have been better. Delicious tasting tho!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 10

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ingredients

  • ingredients:
  • 2 and a half lemons juice,
  • 1 pot of cream fraiche,
  • 2 pots of soft cheese,
  • icing sugar,
  • 2 packets of gingernuts,
  • half a packet of butter
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