Mmmm Strawberry Cheesecake Recipe

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Strawberries

So who likes strawberries?

If you do this cheesecake/dessert is dead easy to make though you’ve been warned, there’ll be a bit extra washing up with different bowls and saucepans being used to make it.
This is actually a reposting from a couple of years ago as a) strawberries are in season and b) I wanted to mention for the benefit of anyone who doubts that growing your own can food save you money, this desert that serves eight people cost me just over €5.00. I’ll own up to using the cheapest ingredients so spending a bit extra would likely improve the flavour, but still – a nice treat for a weekend perhaps? If you’d like to find out more about growing strawberries, check out this post.

Ingredients

225g (8oz) digestive biscuits
110g (4oz) unsalted butter, melted
3 leaves gelatine
150ml (5 fl oz) single cream
300g (10½ oz) cream cheese
125g (4½ oz) caster sugar
Finely grated zest and juice of 2 limes (or lemons, or one of each)
300g (10½ oz) ripe strawberries, hulled & chopped (or roughly whizzed in food processor)
150 ml (5 fl oz) whipped cream
1 egg white

Method

  • Crush the biscuits finely (a food processor’s great for this) and stir in the melted butter. Mix together so the crumbs are soaked in butter then press into a loose-bottomed flan tin. (I made the mistake of putting it into a pretty, china flan dish once and it stuck solid, despite greasing it well with butter).
  • Put some cold water in a dish and place the gelatine leaves into it, submerging them completely. Leave them to soak and soften for 5 minutes or so.
  • Bring the single cream to the boil and remove from the heat. Squeeze the water out of the gelatine and add one by one to the warm cream. They dissolve straight away. Leave to cool while you’re preparing the topping.
  • Put the cream cheese into a bowl with the sugar, half the lime (or lemon) zest and all the juice. Beat together until smooth and creamy. Mix in the cream & gelatine mixture and then the chopped strawberries, then fold in the whipped cream. Whisk the egg white in a scrupulously clean bowl until it forms stiff peaks (you should be able to hold the bowl above your head without getting covered!). Fold the egg white into the cheesecake mixture. Poor the whole lot into the tart tin and smooth down. Chill until set and decorate with the remaining zest.
Tip: I’ve made this a few times and each time tell myself to prepare all the ingredients and have them ready in bowls, just like the TV chefs, but never do.

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6 thoughts on “Mmmm Strawberry Cheesecake Recipe”

  2. Am sorry I can't be more specific but I wrote this in the summer of 2010 when strawberries were in season and haven't made it for a while. I wouldn't have thought very long looking at the instructions though.

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