Christmas Cranberry Cheesecake
This quick setting light textured cheesecake is the perfect answer to an alternative to the richness of Christmas pudding… the fruity cranberry coulis cuts through the soft and creamy filling and the buttery shortbread. Happy Christmas!
Serves 10
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Chilling time: 4 hours, preferably overnight
Ingredients
200g (7oz) shortbread or digestive biscuits, crushed
40g (1½oz) butter, melted
405g can Carnation Condensed Milk Light
300g tub full fat soft cheese
juice 2 large lemons
300g pack frozen (and defrosted) or fresh cranberries
100g (3½oz) caster sugar
You will also need:
20cm (8in) spring form tin, base lined with baking parchment
Method
1. Crush the biscuits in a blender or in a double lined bag with a rolling pin. Mix together the crushed biscuits and melted butter then lightly press into the tin. Chill while you make the filling.
2. Beat the condensed milk and cream cheese together until completely smooth. Add the lemon juice and combine thoroughly – the mixture should thicken. Spread the creamy filling over the base. Chill for 4 hours.
3. Tumble the berries into a small pan with the sugar and 100ml (3fl oz) water, cover and simmer for 5 minutes until the berries are soft and pulpy. Push the mixture through a sieve and chill the cranberry coulis until ready to serve.
4. Remove the cheesecake from the tin and place on a serving plate. Gently pour the cranberry coulis over the cheesecake, spreading out to the edges to serve.
Tip
Add a sprinkling of ground almonds to the biscuit base or use different biscuits for this recipe – try dark chocolate chip cookies or digestives.
This cheesecake sets perfectly without the need for gelatin thanks to the natural setting effect of lemon juice on condensed milk.
Ohhhh I love cranberries and cheesecake this looks really delicious
Made this last Christmas and it worked out perfectly … I’m not the best cook but it was just amazing, the whole family loved it and I have been told to make two more this year 🙂
Oh yummy. Cheesecake is one of my all time favourite treats 🙂 Thanks for linking up to the Wednesday blog hop.
This looks A.MAZING! I have to take a dish round my Mums for Christmas dinner! This might just be it! #listlinky
This looks delicious. Something that can be eaten any time of year in fact. I don’t like xmas pudding so this suggestion is a really good idea. I will be bookmarking it for future reference. Thanks for sharing. #ablogginggoodtime
ooo wow so this looks really yum!!!
Thanks for linking to #ablogginggoodtime
Very Christmassy! I’m in the spirit now.