No Bake Feijoa and White Chocolate Cheesecake
#sweet
Ingredients
- 250g plain biscuits
- 100g butter, melted
- 150g white chocolate, melted
- 2 teaspoons gelatine powder
- 1/3 cup just boiled water
- 250g cream cheese, at room temperature
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 300ml fresh cream
- 1 cup feijoa flesh, finely chopped
Instructions
- Line a 28cm springform tin with baking paper.
- Crush biscuits into a fine crumb. You can do this using a food processor or place the biscuits inside a resealable bag and crush with a heavy object like a rolling pin.
- Mix the butter with the crushed biscuits until it is evenly incorporated and comes together. Transfer into the tin and firmly press to make the base. Place into the refrigerator.
- Melt the white chocolate over a double boiler on a stove or in short bursts in a microwave.
- Place the gelatine into a small bowl and pour in the water, stirring quickly until it has dissolved
- In a large bowl beat the cream cheese until soft, add in sugar and beat for a further 30 seconds.
- Gradually pour in the cream while beating at the same time, beat until the mixture begins to thicken then add in the white chocolate.
- Briefly beat in the gelatine into the cheesecake mixture until evenly incorporated.
- Fold in the feijoa flesh into the cheesecake mixture, and then pour the mixture into the prepared base.
- Place the cheesecake into the fridge to set for at least six hours or preferably overnight.