Wednesday, 5 May 2010

Very Healthy Lemony Cheesecake

Ingredients:

For the base:
Butter 25gm
Xylitol or similar sweetner 15gm
Chopped almonds 50gm
Chopped hazelnuts 25gm
Sunflower seed 25 gm
Pumbkin seed 25 gm
Nairn's rough organic oatcakes 25gm(ground in a blender)
Ginger 2tsp(Grated)
For the filling:
Eggs 4 medium sized
7 tbsp xylitol or similar sweetner
Low fat cream cheese 275gms
Natural yogurt 125gms
Zest of 5 lemons
Juice of 1 lemon
Vanilla extract 1/2 tsp
Cornflour 4 tbsp

Pre-heat the oven to 150c and line a medium sized cake tin with baking parchment. Heat a pan and add the butter very gently to it taking care not to make it bubble. Add the sweetener. Keep the heat low and stir gently to make sure that it does not bubble. Once they are mixed remove from heat and add other ingredients for the base and blend them together to form a rough mixture.Press the mixture firmly into the cake tin to form the base of the cheesecake. Bake this in the oven for about 10 minutes.

Increase the oven temperature to 170 c.Blend all the ingredients for the filling together till smooth.Pour this filling into the cake tin over the base. Bake this in the oven for 40-45 minutes or until the filling is set. Allow it to cool and then cut and serve yourself ;-)

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