quick mini cheesecakes
I had to take a plate to a sangria night my friend Sylvia held last night. I figured everyone else would be taking savouries (skittn might post her dip recipe!) so I whipped up some little cheesecake-y things. Inspired by an old flatmate, who simply ate shortbread biscuits with cream cheese and sliced strawberries - instant gourmet!
In a bowl I mixed up 250g each spreadable cream cheese and mascarpone, juice of a lemon, some sugar, vanilla essence, and folded through 300ml whipped cream. This made HEAPS however, far too much for the biscuits and fruit quantity that I had. I used 2 packs of Paradise (formerly Westons) rich shortbread biscuits (in a red packet, about $1.20) but you'd probably need about 4 for the amount of cream cheese mix. Also, if I made this again I might have considered some jelly crystals or gelatine to help it set a little. (eta: the bowl of mix will firm up after a couple hours in the fridge, prior to spreading) But they were probably fine as they were. Passionfruit, or some fruit puree or sauce swirled through might also look good!
So, I spread some mix on each biscuit and topped with the sliced strawberries and blueberries. I sprinkled icing sugar over (I did this a couple times as it dissolved into the fruit) I recommend making this very close to the serving time as the biscuits soften, you don't want them to be too soggy and stuck to the plate!
Oh, and this is what happened to the last one..
In a bowl I mixed up 250g each spreadable cream cheese and mascarpone, juice of a lemon, some sugar, vanilla essence, and folded through 300ml whipped cream. This made HEAPS however, far too much for the biscuits and fruit quantity that I had. I used 2 packs of Paradise (formerly Westons) rich shortbread biscuits (in a red packet, about $1.20) but you'd probably need about 4 for the amount of cream cheese mix. Also, if I made this again I might have considered some jelly crystals or gelatine to help it set a little. (eta: the bowl of mix will firm up after a couple hours in the fridge, prior to spreading) But they were probably fine as they were. Passionfruit, or some fruit puree or sauce swirled through might also look good!
So, I spread some mix on each biscuit and topped with the sliced strawberries and blueberries. I sprinkled icing sugar over (I did this a couple times as it dissolved into the fruit) I recommend making this very close to the serving time as the biscuits soften, you don't want them to be too soggy and stuck to the plate!
Oh, and this is what happened to the last one..
