I love cheesecake but really dislike making them due to the numerous steps involved ( Yep – I am a lazy cook wherever possible)
Prepping the crust, having to mix up a gelatin step if doing a no bake version or baking a cheesecake which is a long and slow process.
It was my husbands birthday and he is not a huge cake fan but he does like Lemon Cheesecake.
I had plenty of limes but no lemons and then I stumbled upon this little winner that was a Thermomix recipe. ( I have some links below to the different sorts of Thermo All in One style machines)
I was a little dubious that there was no gelatin used – But all the reviews raved about it and I liked the fact that there was only 6 ingredients and I could make it all in one bowl ( I washed the bowl out between the base and the filling)
And it seriously took less than 2 minutes to mix up.
I got my ingredients ready and quickly made the crust ( no the melting butter was needed!!)
I then let the cream cheese soften for an hour and this was when I let the crust set in the fridge.
Then the rest of the cake took 2 minutes!!
Some of the brands of Thermo style Kitchen Machines are:
Thermomix
Bellini Kitchen Master
Tefal Cuisine Companion
HotMix Pro
All Clad Prep and Cook
KitchenAid Cook Processor
No Bake Lime Cheesecake
Using a Kitchen machine
Common brands are: Thermomix, Bellini Kitchen Master ,Tefal Cuisine Companion, HotMix, All Clad Prep and Cook, KitchenAid Cook Processor
Ingredients
125g/4.5 oz of softened butter cubed
250g/ 9 oz English style biscuits (Marie) or Graham crackers or crisp cookies
370g /13 oz – cream cheese (room temp. – this is very important!)
400g/14 oz tin of condensed milk
250g thickened cream / 8oz heavy cream (stiff whipping cream)
1/3 cup of lime juice or 75g if weighing
lime zest to decorate – grated with a micro plane
Instructions
I made this in a 23 cm or 9 inch Springform pan
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Place biscuits and butter into thermo bowl and chop 10 sec / speed 10. Scrape down and repeat
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Press biscuit mix firmly into lined spring form tin. Place tin into fridge while preparing the cheesecake mixture.
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Place cream cheese into bowl and mix 10 sec / speed 8. Scrape down and repeat.
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Add condensed milk and cream and mix 10 sec / speed 7. Scrape down and repeat
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Add juice and mix 15 sec / speed 4.
NB: the juice needs to be added last. The reaction of the juice will start to set your mixture almost immediately. -
With a spatula scrape down and ensure all is mixed well
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Immediately pour mixture on top of biscuit base, sprinkle zest on top and refrigerate for at least 3 hours. ( overnight is my preference)
When it is set, serve straight from fridge.
I used our measuring cups to measure the lime juice
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