Caramelised Banana Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 6 Ready Bake 90mm Butter Shortbread Shells (SSS90)
- 6 bananas - sliced to garnish
Cheesecake filling
- 190g cream cheese
- 80g sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 egg whites
- 10g gelatine powder
- 30m water
- Juice and zest of 1 lemon
- 150m whipped cream
- 5g cinnamon powder
Method
- Pre-heat fan forced oven to 160°C.
- Place Shortbread Shells on baking tray to thaw to room temperature - approximately 30 minutes.
- Place thawed Shortbread Shells into pre-heated 160°C oven and bake for approximately 12-16 minutes, then set aside to cool.
- Place cream cheese and ½ the sugar in a bowl and beat together. Add egg yolks and beat until light.
- Soften gelatine with cold water for 5 minutes then heat and add to lemon juice and zest.
- Add the gelatine mix to the cream cheese mix and fold to combine.
- Prepare a meringue to soft peaks with the egg whites and the other ½ of the sugar.
- Fold in the whipped cream and then the meringue.
- Pour into pre-baked Shortbread Shells then place in the fridge/ cold room to set.
- When ready to serve, slice bananas and lay over the tart, cover with extra sugar and caramelize with a blow torch.
*Please note the above oven temperatures and baking times are a guide only.