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Saturday, July 23, 2005

Fresh Fruit Low Fat Cheesecake

Having a small dinner party at my in-laws place tonight. My in-laws loved cheesecake but they are also very health conscious so I made this fresh fruit low fat chilled cheesecake for them.

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Ingredients: (7")
Cake base
100g marie biscuits (finely crushed)
40g melted butter
1 tsp warm water

Cream cheese filling
350g fat reduced cream cheese
5 - 6 packets Equal sweetener
2.5 - 3 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp rum or 1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp gelatin powder dissolved in 3 tbsp boiling water
250ml low fat plain yoghurt
1 tsp finely grated lemon zest
some diced peaches or fruits of your choice

Method:
1. Toss biscuit crumbs into a freezer bag and mix in the melted butter.
2. Press biscuit crumbs firmly onto a lined cake base and chill in the freezer for at least 30 minutes for use later.
3. Cream cheese with sweetener till well mix and smooth.
4. Stir in the lemon juice and rum/vanilla
5. Stir in the gelatin solution.
6. Pour in the yoghurt and mix till well combined. Stir in the fruit pieces and lemon zest.
7. Pour cheese mixture into cake base and chill till set.
8. Decorate with half peach, sliced strawberries and kiwi fruits.
9. Glaze the fresh fruits with glacing jelly to keep them looking fresh and delicious.

Notes:
For variation you can use fat reduced flavoured yoghurt instead of plain yoghurt. Sstrawberry yoghurt will give you a nice pink colour and you can add in diced strawberry for that added crunch.

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13 Comments:

At 26 July, 2005 00:45, Anonymous angie said...

ahaa This is a real good recipe for cheese cake lover with health alert.
Its mean I can have cheese cake now, Thanks Florence.
^_~

 
At 28 July, 2005 15:59, Blogger Florence said...

Hi Angie,
I much prefer the full fat cheesecake as the end result is richer in taste and texture.
But you can try it to see if you like mellower taste and texture of this one.

 
At 31 July, 2005 21:21, Anonymous gina said...

Florence
I am allergic to Equal..so how?

 
At 01 August, 2005 08:24, Blogger Florence said...

Hi Gina,
Are you also allergic to all other sweetners besides Equal? :(

 
At 21 September, 2005 16:15, Anonymous Sherene said...

Hi Florence, thanks for sharing this recipe. Would u mind sharing a recipe on the full fat cheesecake, perhaps something that is really creamy and rich in texture?

 
At 21 September, 2005 16:22, Anonymous Sherene said...

Hi Florence, sorry for the confusion. I meant recipe for the full fat plain (rather than some other flavored) cheesecake, that is creamy and rich in texture. It would be really nice if u could post such a recipe as I am a huge fan of creamy cheesecakes =)

 
At 23 September, 2005 15:47, Blogger Florence said...

Hi Sherene,
Please check out the latest New York Cheesecake post! :)

 
At 23 September, 2005 16:33, Anonymous sherene said...

Yeah, Florence. I've checked out your latest post. That was prompt!! Thank you so much!! =)

 
At 19 February, 2006 08:33, Blogger Boo & Bii said...

This cheese cake looks yammy..I am not a cheese cake lover due to the high fat content..however, after reading thru your recipe, i would like to give a try..Thank you

 
At 23 February, 2006 07:34, Blogger Florence said...

Hi Boo & Bii
Thank you for visiting.
This is a nice cheesecake but nothing beats the sinful ones! :)

 
At 19 January, 2008 17:56, Anonymous joyce said...

Hi Florence,
Any ideas how to make the glazing jelly? :)

 
At 20 January, 2008 22:00, Blogger Florence said...

joyce,
You can just add a little water to strawberry / apricot jam and heat till jam is melted and use this as a glace.

Alternatively, you can:
Dissolve 1 tsp gelatin powder + 1 tsp sugar in 2 tbsp boiling water then add in 130ml orange juice mix till smooth and use this as your glace.

 
At 22 January, 2008 20:50, Anonymous joyce said...

Florence,
THanks so much for your prompt reply. It really helps alot. :)

 

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