Berry cheesecake in a glass

Berry cheesecake in a glass

Mascarpone is a great standby for making an almost-instant dessert. Here, its creamy richness is cut by the sharpness of the blackberries

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 15-20 mins

Method

  1. Toss the blackberries, caster sugar and 1 tbsp of the lemon juice in a small pan. Heat gently for 3-4 mins or until the berries start to burst. Leave to cool.
  2. Meanwhile, mix together the crushed biscuits and melted butter. Spoon into 2 glasses. Gently fold the rest of the lemon juice, the lemon zest and icing sugar into the mascarpone or ricotta. Divide the lemony cheese between the glasses, then spoon over the blackberries and their syrupy juices.

Per serving

497 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 44g, fat 35 g, saturated fat 21g, fibre 3g, sugar 24g, salt 0.67 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2004.

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  • 2007-11-22 13:59:03.612299

    ailiejan rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Now a favourite pud in our house, now blackberries are out of season I use frozen raspberries.

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  • 2007-11-26 15:42:16.958654

    Jacs rated and commented on this recipe

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    Looks and tastes great!

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  • 2007-12-27 07:32:55.936779

    Davey G commented on this recipe

    Made this as a course between the main Christmas dinner and the Christmas pudding course. Fitted in well, tasted amazing and so simple and quick to make. One of my guests were not cheese lovers so I substituted the mascarpone for whipped double cream, worked well!

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    2008-01-10 22:06:06.710047

    Bec rated and commented on this recipe

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    Quick and easy, made it for a girl's night in treat, used mixed summer fruits instead of blackberries. It was very well received and have been asked for the recipe!

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  • 2008-03-10 18:24:28.014289

    donnerbono rated and commented on this recipe

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    Easy and delicious. Fresh raspberries worked a treat.

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  • 2008-03-24 17:34:23.644178

    analisa rated this recipe

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  • 2008-07-14 16:42:52.614749

    funkychicken rated and commented on this recipe

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    Goes to show that you don't have to spend hours in the kitchen to make a really special dessert. For the base, I use any left over/stale chocolate cake (usually if I have been shaping birthday cakes to decorate!) and add a good slosh of tia maria or kahlua. raspberries are lovely as well, with toasted almonds on the top. Yum yum

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  • 2009-02-14 14:47:48.996934

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

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    This was great, I used blueberries that needed using up and added a bit of cassis to them. Really easy & very tasty, would impress with no effort!

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  • 2009-03-22 14:50:26.48075

    Benny rated and commented on this recipe

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    Best cheese cake I've ever had. Changed it to raspberries and digestives and worked just fine. The lemon really adds to the flavour of the mascarpone.

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  • 2009-04-18 19:44:35.806692

    mammymo rated and commented on this recipe

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    Brilliant - served on boxing day using scottishe berries which I had frozen in September. Great easy and impressive

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  • 2009-05-08 20:33:01.498747

    Fave Recipes commented on this recipe

    Really, really nice, made with apple and blackberry compot and did a couple of layers. Will make again...soon :-)

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  • 2009-05-08 20:34:01.734264

    Fave Recipes rated and commented on this recipe

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    4got to rate!

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  • 2009-07-28 16:15:45.584729

    michelleinshetland rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is an excellent and easy dessert to make. Have been making it for years since it was first in BBC Good Food magazine. All berries are good with this recipe. Excellent with blueberries and strawberries. It's a big thumbs up in my house!

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  • 2009-08-31 15:38:53.966019

    Mz Randle rated and commented on this recipe

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    My first attempt of my new hobbie 'cooking'.... fab!! So simple, taste divine!! Going to try it with other berries next time.... lush!!! Give it ago!!

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  • 2009-09-02 18:55:15.748682

    Michele rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I made this about three hours in advance using the recipe exactly and it was too early. It almost had a curdled effect. I shall persevere though and try this with fresh cream or creme fraiche, because it it such a good menu to experiment with.

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  • 2009-09-02 18:57:51.57608

    Michele commented on this recipe

    Oh I meant recipe, not menu. Tut..

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  • 2009-12-26 14:56:37.888959

    Blanka rated this recipe

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  • 2010-08-03 15:47:05.062296

    Cat83 rated this recipe

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  • 2011-02-27 19:25:31.834082

    jenjen rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very easy and great way to use frozen blackberrys

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  • 2011-04-03 19:16:27.596982

    Laura G commented on this recipe

    I found the recipe for the middle section was too runny and far too lemony...so I made another batch with 200g mascarpone, 4 tsp icing sugar, some of the lemon juice and 2 tsp caster sugar. It was delicious, and a lot thicker. Everyone really enjoyed it

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 15-20 mins

Almost instant dessert

Ingredients

  • 150g punnet blackberries
  • 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
  • 1 lemon , finely grated zest and juice
  • 4 gingernut biscuits , crushed
  • knob of butter , melted
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar
  • ½ x 250g tub mascarpone or ricotta
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Per serving

497 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 44g, fat 35 g, saturated fat 21g, fibre 3g, sugar 24g, salt 0.67 g

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