Mango Coconut Cheesecake
By
Melanie Campbell
@RossCampbell
1
You'll go gaga over this!!! My husband is always begging me to make this even during the hot intense summer days.
Rating:
☆☆☆☆☆ 0 votes
Serves:
12
Prep:
20 Min
Cook:
1 Hr
Method:
Bake
Ingredients
- 1 c
- sweetened shredded coconut (crust)
- 1/4 c
- almonds (crust)
- 2 Tbsp
- sugar (crust)
- 1/8 tsp
- salt (crust)
- 3 Tbsp
- unsalted butter, melted (crust)
- 2 pkg
- neufchatel 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, at room temperature (filling)
- 3/4 c
- chopped ripe mango (filling)
- 1 1/4 c
- sugar (filling)
- 1/4 tsp
- salt (filling)
- 2
- eggs (filling)
- 1 tsp
- fresh lemon juice (filling)
- 2 Tbsp
- potato starch (filling)
- 1 c
- chopped ripe mango (topping)
- 1/4 c
- all-fruit apricot preserve (no added sugar or artificial sweeteners) (topping)
- 1/2 c
- water, plus more if needed (topping)
- 1 Tbsp
- fresh lime juice (topping)
- 1 Tbsp
- potato starch (topping)
- 2 Tbsp
- sweetened shredded coconut (topping)
- 1 to 5 slice
- mango (optional garnish) (topping)
How to Make Mango Coconut Cheesecake
- 1Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease a 9-inch springform pan with vegetable oil.
- 2Prepare the crust. In a food processor, process coconut, almonds, sugar, and salt until mixture resembles a coarse meal. Add melted butter and process until fully combined. Pour crust mixture into prepared pan and press crumbs evenly on the bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides. Bake until lightly browned, about 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.
- 3Prepare the filling. In a food processor, process cream cheese until smooth. Add mango and process again until smooth. Add sugar, salt, eggs, lemon juice, and potato starch. Process all ingredients until creamy and smooth.
- 4Pour filling over baked crust. Place pan on a baking sheet and bake at 325 degrees until center is just set but still slightly jiggly, about 40 to 45 minutes. Cool to room temperature on a wire rack, about 1 1/2 hours.
- 5Prepare the topping. In a medium saucepan, combine mango, apricot preserves, water, lime juice, and potato starch. Mix together and cook over medium heat until thickened and mango chunks are soft. If mixture gets too thick and starts to stick to the pan, add more water 1 tablespoon at a time. Remove from heat and puree in a food processor until smooth, or use animmersion blender.
- 6Spoon mango mixture on top of cooled cheesecake and smooth the surface.
- 7If desired, toast coconut in a small skillet over medium heat until it just begins to brown, about 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat and sprinkle over the mango topping.
- 8Cover pan and refrigerate until chilled, at least 6 hours and up to overnight.
- 9To serve, cut into wedges and garnish with fresh mango slices, if desired.
About Mango Coconut Cheesecake
Course/Dish: Pies, Fruit Desserts
Main Ingredient: Fruit
Regional Style: English
Other Tags: Quick & Easy, Healthy
