Donna's Mango Cheesecake
Donna's Mango Cheesecake
Ingredients
Crust
1 cup plain sweet biscuits - Nice or similar - crushed
1 cut chopped Hand n Hoe Macadamia nuts
75 g butter, melted
Filling
250g Philadelphia cream cheese
½ cup sugar
3 medium mangoes chopped
300g cream
6 gelatine leaves (or 3 teaspoons powdered gelatin) - gelatin leaves give a smoother texture
1/4 cup hot water (for soaking gelatin) - do not have the water boiling
Method
Crust
Combine crushed biscuits, nuts and butter in bowl and mix well. Press evenly over 20cm springform tin and refrigerate for 30 minutes or more.
Filling
In a food processor, process cream cheese, sugar and 2/3 of the mango until smooth, then add the cream and process until the mixture is smooth. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl.
Dissolve gelatin in water and cool slightly before adding to mango mixture. Add the rest of the chopped mango and stir gently.
Pour mixture over base and set in fridge.
