Banting variation
CHEESECAKE
CRUST
100 g mixed nuts
50 g desiccated coconut 1 packet (200 g) Tennis biscuits 100 g butter, melted
FILLING
550 ml (460 g) cream cheese 125 ml (½ c) full-cream plain
yoghurt
125 ml (½ c) honey
2 eggs juice of 3 lemons and 2 limes 5 ml (1 t) vanilla essence citrus slices to garnish
Preheat the oven to 180 °C and grease a 20 cm springform cake tin.
1 Crust Blitz the ingredients in a food processor until fine and well combined. Press onto the bottom and halfway up the sides of the prepared cake tin.
2 Filling Whisk the ingredients together and pour over the crust. Bake for 40-45 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave to cool completely in the tin.
3 Remove from the tin and garnish with citrus slices.
SERVES
6-8
ESTHER AND JACO (AS SEEN 0N KOM ONS BRAAI EPISODE 13 ON VIA)
Preparation 25 min Baking 40-45 min
BERRY CHEESECAKE
Spoon berry compote (recipe on page 91) over the cooled cheesecake and serve.
BANTING CHEESECAKE
Make a crust with 100 g ground almonds or almond flour.
Replace the honey with 125 ml xylitol. Garnish the cheesecake with grated sugar-free or 85-100 % dark chocolate.