BAKED PASSIONFRUIT CHEESECAKE GLUTEN FREE |
- 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
Conventional Method
- Preheat the oven to 180c. Line a greased 23cm springform cake tin with baking paper.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pour the cream cheese mixture over the base and bake in 150C oven for 1 hr or until set. Remove from oven and cool.
- 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.
- Pour cooled passionfruit syrup over chilled cheesecake.
Thermomix Method
- Preheat the oven to 180c. Line a greased 23cm springform cake tin with baking paper.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pour the cream cheese mixture over the base and bake in 150C oven for 1 hr or until set. Remove from oven and cool.
- To make the passionfruit syrup, add all ingredients to bowl and cook Varoma/speed 2/ 8 min. Cool.
- Pour cooled passionfruit syrup over chilled cheesecake.
Recipe by Helen Tzouganatos at https://helentzouganatos.com/baked-cheesecake-with-passionfruit-syrup-gluten-free/
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