Lemon Cheesecake
This is one of my favourite lemon cheesecake recipe.
Preparation Time:20 minutes
Cooking Time:Chilled in the fridge for 30 minutes
Level of Difficulty:Easy
Servings:4
Ingredients
- 4 tbs Greek yoghurt
- 6 tbs lemon curd
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 125ml/4 1/2 fl oz/ double cream
- 5 Digestive biscuits (70g)
- 50g (1 2/3 oz) butter
- Blueberries
- 4 mint sprigs, to serve (optional)
- Icing sugar (optional)
Method
- Put the biscuits in a plastic bag and crush them using a rolling pin.
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan and stir into the crumbs.
- Divide the crumbs between 4 small ring moulds approx 7 cm (2.8in) wide. Use clean fingers to press firmly into the base.
- Chill in the fridge while you are preparing the filling.
- Put the yoghurt, lemon curd and lemon juice into a large bowl and mix until smooth.
- In a smaller bowl, whip the cream until it makes slightly floppy peaks. Mix 2 tablespoons of the whipped cream into the lemon yoghurt mixture, then fold in the remaining whipped cream.
- Spoon the lemon mixture carefully on top of the chilled biscuit base. Fill to the top and smooth off with a palette knife.Chilled in the fridge for at least 30 minutes. Garnish with blueberries , maybe some mint sprigs and a dusting of icing sugar.
