Thursday 21 June 2012

White Chocolate and Strawberry Cheesecake

Ingredients

175g shortbread biscuits for extra flavour try using lemon or ginger shortbread biscuits
50 unsalted butter, softened
200g melted white chocolate
300g full fat or medium fat soft cream cheese
200 fromage frais
225g strawberries, roughly chopped

A lush Strawberry

1. Put the shortbread in a plastic bag and bash with a rolling pin until they resemble breadcrumbs. mix the biscuits crumbs together with softened butter and press firmly onto the base and sides of a 20cm springform tin. Refridgerate until needed. melt the white chocolate in a bowl in the microwave and set aside until needed.

2. beat together the cream cheese and froamge frais until smooth and thick. Add the strawberries to the cheese mixture with the melted white chocolate and mix. Spoon the cheesecake filling into the biscuit case. level the top and chill for about 4 hours until set.

(Strawberry photo of Mark Willis )

11 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing this. Im not a lover of strawberries but I will give it a try with raspberries

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  2. Sounds very yummy - may have to create this myself at the weekend ready for WIMBLEDON YEAH! I don't much feel like it today though! With the rain and darkness - I feel more like a stidgy jam roly poly and custard!

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  3. OMG I love cheesecake but my diet WONT allow me to have it!!! Temptation!! oh nooo looks like i will probably give in. xXx

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  4. Rebecca Jayne Smith21 June 2012 at 16:36

    This sounds super yummy!xo

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  5. still not attempted to make a cheesecake, but this one sounds so yummy i might get my apron out :)

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  6. Yum white chocolate and strawberries is a lovely combination, white chocolate and raspberries too so may have to give this a go :)

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  7. This sounds so yummy! I have some raspberries in the the freezer so I might try it with those instead :)

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  8. Thanks for this yummy recipe, cheesecake is my favourite :)

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  9. I love cheesecake! Can't wait to try this recipe. Thanks!

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