BAKED PASSIONFRUIT CHEESECAKE GLUTEN FREE
Ingredients
  • Base
  • 80g butter, cubed
  • 110g or ½ cup caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 130g or 1 cup plain gluten free flour
  • 100g or 1 cup almond meal
  • Cheesecake
  • 1½ tbs cornflour
  • 1½ tbs water
  • 500g ricotta
  • 350g softened cream cheese
  • 220g or 1 cup caster sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp lemon rind
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • Passionfruit Sauce
  • 50g fresh passionfruit pulp (approx. 5 passionfruit)
  • ½ cup or 120g water
  • ½ cup or 110g caster sugar
  • Squeeze of lemon juice
Instructions
Conventional Method
  1. Preheat the oven to 180c. Line a greased 23cm springform cake tin with baking paper.
  2. To make the base, blitz all ingredients in a food processor until crumbs form. Firmly press mixture into the base of cake tin and bake for 15 min. Remove tin and reduce oven temperature to 150C.
  3. To make the filling, combine the cornflour and water to form a paste. Blitz the cream cheese in a food processor for 5 sec until smooth. Add all remaining ingredients and blitz to form a smooth paste.
  4. Pour the cream cheese mixture over the base and bake in 150C oven for 1 hr or until set. Remove from oven and cool.
  5. To make the passionfruit syrup, add all ingredients to a saucepan and simmer for 10 min until syrupy. Remove from heat, add lemon juice and cool.
  6. Pour cooled passionfruit syrup over chilled cheesecake.
Thermomix Method
  1. Preheat the oven to 180c. Line a greased 23cm springform cake tin with baking paper.
  2. To make the base combine all ingredients in bowl and mix 30 sec/speed 5 until crumbs form . Firmly press mixture into the base of cake tin and bake for 15 min. Remove tin and reduce oven temperature to 150C.
  3. To make the filling, combine the cornflour and water to form a paste. Mix the cream cheese for 5 sec/speed 5 until smooth. Add all remaining ingredients and mix 15 sec/speed 5.
  4. Pour the cream cheese mixture over the base and bake in 150C oven for 1 hr or until set. Remove from oven and cool.
  5. To make the passionfruit syrup, add all ingredients to bowl and cook Varoma/speed 2/ 8 min. Cool.
  6. Pour cooled passionfruit syrup over chilled cheesecake.
Recipe by Helen Tzouganatos at https://helentzouganatos.com/baked-cheesecake-with-passionfruit-syrup-gluten-free/