Say Cheese

I can't think of anyone who doesn't like cheese,
It can turn the most tasteless pasta, soup or salad into a wonderful meal,
It goes well with savoury dishes, and it can also be made into a sweet, beautiful dessert.
Not all cheese is sinful and rich, ricotta and cottage cheese for examples, are light and they have a very unique texture.
Sweeter, richer cheese such as Mascarpone is great for Tiramisu, and my favourite type of cheese, the cream cheese is great for making cheesecakes, various frosting, and many many heavenly dessert.
Making such a rich dessert into something small, somehow manage to cut the guilt out of eating them, but then again, for such a wonderful cheesecake, it's hard to stop at one.
Anyway, life is too short to be counting how many one can have!! So, enjoy!

Mini Strawberry Cheesecakes

make 10 mini cheesecakes

Base:

150g Nice Biscuits

70g Butter, melted

Filling:

250g cream cheese

75g (1/3 cup)caster sugar

1 large egg (min 65g)

20ml (1tbs) lemon juice

100ml (5tbs) thickened cream

1. Preheat oven to 160 degree celcious, line a 12 cup muffin pan with 10 patty cases.
2. Crushed the biscuits until they resemble fine crumbs. Combine melted butter with crushed biscuits in a medium bowl. Coat crumbs evenly with butter.
3. Divide biscuits mixture evenly between the 10 patty cases. Press mixture firmly using the back of spoon.Set aside while making the filling.
4. Beat cream cheese and caster sugar with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
5. Add the egg, lemon juice and cream, and beat until well combine.
6. Divide mixture evenly amount the prepared patty cases.
7. Bake cheesecakes in oven for 20 mins. The middle of the cheesecakes will be wobbly when hot and sink a little when cool.
8. Allow to cool on wire rack for 30 mins, and store in an airtight container in the fridge for at least 4 hours.
9. Just before serving, remove the patty cases, and top each mini cheesecakes with strawberry syrup and strawberry. Dusting with icing sugar and serve cold.

Step-By-Step

Combine crushed biscuit with melted butter

Press mixture firmly onto patty cases with back of spoon

Evenly filled each patty cases with filling, bake for 20 mins

Cool on wire rack before transfer to the fridge to chill.