Quick & Easy No Bake Lemon Cheesecake Recipe
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This is a quick no bake Cheesecake recipe that is versatile and delicious. It looks elegant enough to serve at a dinner party and is also wonderful to serve at a BBQ.
Marissa: www.marissa.co
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 200g Digestive or Rich Tea biscuits, crushed finely
- 397g can Carnation Condensed Milk
- 300g full fat Philadelphia cream cheese or see notes
- Juice of 2-3 lemons
- Serve in 6 small glasses (See Note)
Method
- To make the cheesecake:
- Add the crumbs into your individual glasses .
- For the Cheesecake
- Pour the condensed milk into a glass bowl, add the cream cheese and beat together until combined.
- Add the lemon juice and beat until the cheesecake mixture is thick, creamy and smooth.
- This will only take minutes.
- Gently spoon the mixture into the glasses, being careful not to lift the crumbs into the cheesecake layer.
- Chill for 4-6 hours or overnight.
- Offer an array of toppings or serve as is.
- Enjoy
Tips
Cream Cheese:
Waitrose's own brand works best.
Tesco, ASDA and Sainsbury's own brand are too runny and don't give a rich enough taste.
None of the low fat varieties are good enough to use for texture and taste.
Lemon Juice:
Always use fresh lemons. The lemons act as the thickening agent and the bottled lemon juice does not work.
You can increase the lemons to 3 if you like a tangier lemon cheesecake, taste the mixture to get the taste right.
Ideas for Toppings:
Eaton Mess Cheesecake-Crushed meringues and chopped fresh strawberries
Top with fresh fruit, chopped strawberries, raspberries or blueberries
Shop bought Passion fruit coulis is delicious poured over the top of the cheesecake
Crushed Crunchie Bars make a lovely Honeycomb Cheesecake
Glasses
Use any glasses you have, high balls, whiskey or wine glasses.
Remember to check that you can comfortably get a teaspoon into the glass to eat the cheesecake.
Waitrose's own brand works best.
Tesco, ASDA and Sainsbury's own brand are too runny and don't give a rich enough taste.
None of the low fat varieties are good enough to use for texture and taste.
Lemon Juice:
Always use fresh lemons. The lemons act as the thickening agent and the bottled lemon juice does not work.
You can increase the lemons to 3 if you like a tangier lemon cheesecake, taste the mixture to get the taste right.
Ideas for Toppings:
Eaton Mess Cheesecake-Crushed meringues and chopped fresh strawberries
Top with fresh fruit, chopped strawberries, raspberries or blueberries
Shop bought Passion fruit coulis is delicious poured over the top of the cheesecake
Crushed Crunchie Bars make a lovely Honeycomb Cheesecake
Glasses
Use any glasses you have, high balls, whiskey or wine glasses.
Remember to check that you can comfortably get a teaspoon into the glass to eat the cheesecake.
Recipe by Marissa's Recipes & Ideas at https://www.marissa.co/quick-easy-no-bake-lemon-cheesecake-recipe/