Passionfruit Cheesecake Food

PASSIONFRUIT CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Biscuit base: Combine ingredients then press into an 8" round cake pan or a 9"x9" cake pan. Bake at 350F or 180C for approximately 10 minutes. Allow to cool.
• Cheesecake: Beat cheese until consistency is light. Gradually add milk to blend. Stir in lemon juice and vanilla then pour over cooled biscuit crust. Place in fridge or freezer for about 30 minutes.
• Passion Fruit pie filling: Stir pulp, sugar, and lemon juice in a saucepan over low to medium heat until boil. Combine cornstarch with a little of the mixture until pasty then stir into the remaining mixture. Stir until thick and bubbly. Remove from heat then allow to cool for approximately 30 minutes. Spread over cheese filling.

BAKED PASSIONFRUIT CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 160oC.
• Place the biscuits in a food processor and process until fine crumbs are formed.
• Tip into a bowl and mix with the melted butter.
• Press into the bottom and 2cm up the sides of a 22cm lined and buttered spring form pan.
• Chill.
• In a medium bowl beat the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla essence and passionfruit until smooth.
• Add the eggs one at a time beating lightly after each addition and stir in the cream.
• Pour into the prepared pastry shell and bake for 1 hour or until set.
• Remove from the oven and place on a rack to cool.
• Chill for 4 hours or overnight.

PASSION FRUIT CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 325ºF.
• Mix graham crumbs, 3 Tbsp. sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake 10 min.
• Beat cream cheese, flour and 1 cup of the remaining sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Stir in 1/2 cup passion fruit; pour over crust.
• Bake 1 hour 5 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate cheesecake 4 hours.
• Meanwhile, bring remaining passion fruit and sugar just to boil in saucepan on medium-low heat 15 min. or until thickened, stirring frequently. Cool completely.
• Cut kiwi into thin slices. Add to top of cheesecake along with the strawberries. Drizzle with passion fruit sauce.

PASSIONFRUIT CHEESECAKE SLICE

Steps:

• Line a 30cm x 20cm baking tin/pan with baking paper.
• Arrange half the biscuits/cookies over the whole base- cut them to fit if necessary.
• Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until smooth.
• Add sour cream and 1/2 cup of icing sugar.
• Beat until well combined.
• Stir in lemon rind.
• Combine 1/2 cup of lemon juice& gelatine in a heat proof bowl, place over a saucepan of simmering water, stir until gelatine is dissolved.
• Remove from heat, cool to room temperature.
• Stir gelatine mixture into cream cheese mix, spread over biscuit/cookie base.
• Top with remaining biscuits/cookies- try and make sure they line up, this will make it easier to cut.
• Refrigerate for 4 hours or until set.
• Sift remaining icing sugar into a bowl, add butter, passionfruit& water (if necessary).
• Stir until well combined.
• Spread over passionfruit icing mix over slice.
• When set, cut into squares and serve.

LIGHT PASSIONFRUIT CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to moderate(180°C/160°C fan-forced).
• Blend or process the biscuits until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Transfer biscuits to a bowl; stir in eggwhite and spread. Press mixture evenly over the base of a 22cm springform tin (actual inside top measurement 21cm) with wet hands. Bake in a moderate oven for about 10 minutes or until browned lightly.
• Meanwhile, sprinkle gelatine over the water in small heatproof jug; stand jug in small saucepan of simmering water. Stir until gelatine dissolves; cool for 5 minutes.
• Beat cream cheese and half of the sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth; add cream and beat until mixture thickens. Stir in lemon juice, passionfruit and gelatine mixture.
• Beat extra eggwhites in a clean small bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form; gradually add the remaining sugar, beating until dissolved between additions. Fold into passionfruit mixture. Pour mixture over biscuit base; smooth top. Cover cheesecake; refrigerate 6 hours or until firm.
• Serve cheesecake drizzled with extra passionfruit pulp, if desired.

PASSIONFRUIT CHEESECAKE SLICE

Steps:

• Line a 20cm square cake tin, and heat oven to 180°C.
• Beat butter and brown sugar until creamy.
• Mix in the flour.
• Divide the mixture into thirds. Keep one third for the topping and press the remaining two thirds into the base of the tin. Bake for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, beat the cream cheese and passionfruit pulp until smoothly combined.
• Add eggs, milk and lemon juice. Mix to combine.
• Spread this filling into the the prebaked crust, and then crumble the reserved dough over the top.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes, until the filling is set.
• Cut into squares when cool, and dust with icing sugar before serving.