sweet valentine strawberry cheese cake ..
Well folks it is that time of year again "VALENTINES"..... So if there is some one special in your life and you want to impress , what a lovely dessert fitting for the occasion. I remember a friend of mine , going out for a meal on Valentine , with her partner. She was telling me about getting this wonderful cheese cake with love heart shape strawberries underneath the jelly .... So this is my in take on that cheese cake . I hope you like and enjoy ... :) p.s I have tried to make this cheese cake as low in calories as I possible could , with out taking away any delicious flavour.
prep time
4 Hr
cook time
method
Refrigerate/Freeze
yield
6 serving(s)
Ingredients
- FOR BASE..
- 12 - digesttive biscuits.
- 2 tablespoons butter
- FOR CHEESE CAKE.
- 1 cup 200g philadelphia( light)
- 1/2 cup 4 fl oz fresh cream
- 1/2 cup 100g caster sugar
- 1 can strawberries ( save the syrup )
- 2 tablespoons gelatine ( i used the granulated crystals).
- FOR DECORATION
- - 10 fresh strawberries cut in halfs (20)
- 1 - 8g pack of weight watchers jelly crystals (mixed with 1/3 cup of the cold strawberry syrup to make a smooth paste then add to the rest of heated syrup 1-1/2 cup of syrup to make the jelly..
How To Make sweet valentine strawberry cheese cake ..
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Step 1Grease a 7 inch loose bottom tin with butter.
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Step 2crush the digestives in a food bag , I used my rolling pin , melt the butter in your microwave and pour over the crumbs ,make sure that all the crumbs have absorbed the butter. Press into the base of your tin and leave to chill in the fridge while you prepare the filling.
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Step 3This is the low calorie Philadelphia cheese .
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Step 4In a food processer add the can of strawberries and liquidise for a second, with the gelatine add 2 table spoons of gelatine to heated not boiling strawberry syrup about 3 tablespoons of syrup and mix into the strawberry puree.
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Step 5In a bowl add the Philadelphia cheese ,caster sugar , fresh cream and the puree strawberries with the gelatine and mix altogether with a hand held electric mixer , until the mixture is nice a creamy ..
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Step 6Pour your strawberry cheese cake mixture ,over your prepare base , cut your fresh strawberries in half . Now on the top of the strawberries cut out a V shape so that the strawberries looks like a love heart . Decorated the cheese cake with the strawberries on top , very gently pressing on to mixture .. Leave to set for 3 -4 hours in you fridge ..
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Step 7After the first 3 hours , make the jelly . Take first 1/3 cup of cold syrup and add to that the jelly crystals and mix to a smooth paste...In a measuring jug pour in the strawberry syrup from the can of strawberries and microwave for 2 minutes ....add to that the jelly paste and give it a good mixing all you will need is about 1-1/2 cups of jelly 300ml...place your measuring jug in a large bowl of ice cube water to cool down quickly just about 5 minutes . Just when you start to see the jelly setting .
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Step 8After the first 3 hours take out the cheese cake from your fridge , it should be firm at this stage . Pour over the top of cheese cake the cooled jelly .place back in fridge for an other hour until the jelly as set probably ..
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Step 9There you have it, a lovely treat for your Valentine , or for any special occasion ....Hope you like and enjoy .... (*_*)
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Category:
Fruit Desserts
Tag:
#For Kids
Diet:
Vegetarian
Diet:
Low Sodium
Diet:
Wheat Free
Diet:
Soy Free
Keyword:
#strawberry
Keyword:
#Jelly
Keyword:
#cheese cake
Ingredient:
Fruit
Culture:
Irish
Method:
Refrigerate/Freeze
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