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Avocado Cheesecake: A green twist on a classic dessert
Incorporating avocados into your cheesecake not only adds a velvety texture but also boosts the dessert's nutritional profile.
Cheesecake, with its creamy texture and decadent flavour, is a beloved dessert around the world. But what if we told you there’s a way to take this classic treat to a whole new level of deliciousness and nutrition?
Enter Avocado Cheesecake, a dessert that combines the indulgence of cheesecake with the goodness of avocados.
Recipe compliments of The South African Avocado Growers’ Association.
Ingredients
- 200 g tennis biscuits, crushed
- 100g butter, melted
- 2 packets lime or lemon flavoured jelly
- 100 ml boiling water
- 750g Philadelphia cream cheese
- 2 large ripe avocados, pureed
- 15 ml lemon juice
- Mixed berries, sliced avocados, kiwi fruit and mint leaves to garnish
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Prepare the biscuit base by mixing the melted butter into the crushed biscuits.
- Press biscuit mixture into the bottom of a 23cm spring form pan.
- Place in the oven for 5-8 minutes to crisp the biscuits, remove and cool.
- Dissolve the jelly in boiling water. Whilst the jelly is dissolving, beat the cream cheese with the pureed avocado and the lemon juice until combined. Pour in the dissolved jelly.
- Pour the mixture into the spring form pan and allow to set overnight in fridge.
- To serve, release the cheesecake from spring form pan, garnish with mixed berries, avocado slices, mint leaves and kiwi fruit.
