Mini Passion Fruit No Bake Cheesecakes Food

MINI PASSION FRUIT NO BAKE CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Place cookies/crackers in the bowl of a food processor and process into fine crumbs. Pour in the melted butter and blend until the mixture resembles wet sand.
• Line a muffin pan with paper liners and add a few spoonfuls of crumbs into the base of each liner. Press down and flatten with the back of a spoon and set aside.
• To make the filling, combine room temperature cream cheese, mascarpone, condensed milk and lemon juice in a bowl and whip with electric beaters for 2 minutes or until thick and smooth.
• Beat in the passion fruit (you can strain out the seeds if you prefer). Fill each liner with cheesecake mixture and add a swirl of passion fruit to the top of each cheesecake (optional).
• Allow the cheesecakes to set in the fridge for at least 12 hours but ideally overnight.
• Top with whipped cream and serve.

MINI PASSION FRUIT CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• In a food processor, combine graham cracker crumbs, 2 Tbsp. sugar and 5 Tbsp. butter. Press onto bottom of 4 (4-inch) tart pans. Bake for 12 minutes or until golden. Let them cool completely.
• Beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup of the remaining sugar and vanilla with mixer until well blended. Add 1 whole egg; mix on low speed until blended. Add 1/4 cup passion fruit pulp and mix until blended. Pour over the individual crusts.
• Bake for 15 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 300°F and bake for another 5 minutes or until the centers are almost set. Cool and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• In a small saucepan, mix remaining 1/2 cup passion fruit pulp, remaining 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch and the 3 egg yolks. Cook for about 10 minutes on low temperature until thickened, stirring the whole time. Add remaining 5 Tbsp. butter, 1 Tbsp. at a time, cooking and stirring after each addition until melted. Pour into a small bowl and cover with plastic wrap, placing plastic wrap directly on top of the curd to prevent a skin from forming. Refrigerate for 2 hours before using.
• Remove the cheesecakes from their tart pans and spread the cooled passion fruit curd over the top.
• Decorate the mini cheesecakes with raspberries or any other fresh fruit/berries of your choice.

MINI FRUIT TOPPED CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• mix cream cheese, eggs, sugar and vanilla until well blended.
• In a separate bowl, mix graham crackers, butter and sugar.
• press crumbly graham cracker mix into liners in muffin tin.
• Pour filling mixture over crust, about 3/4 of the way up.
• bake 15 minutes at 375.
• remove and cool.
• put your favorite fruit and syrup, if you wish on top.
• Chill until serving.