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Lime and Mascarpone Cheesecake

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Lime and mascarpone cheesecake is a very creamy and delightfully simple dessert. It can be prepared ahead of time and stored in the fridge. No cooking is required.

Total 01:00
Yield 8

Ingredients

  • 500 g mascarpone cheese or plain cream cheese
  • 4 limes (preferably unwaxed)
  • 200 g ginger nut biscuits, crushed or ground in a food processor
  • 50 g butter
  • Icing sugar to taste

Instructions

  1. 1
    Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the biscuit crumbs. Press firmly into a 20 cm diameter loose-bottomed pan and put aside.
  2. 2
    Put the mascarpone in a bowl and beat until firm.
  3. 3
    Add the juice of 3 of the limes and the grated or zested rind of all 4 into the cheese. Stir, adding icing sugar to taste.
  4. 4
    Spread the cheese mixture over the biscuit base and chill for an hour or so before serving.

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Lime_and_Mascarpone_Cheesecake