FEATURE RECIPE
Mango cheesecakes

Mango cheesecakes

Serves 6



125 gm   shortbread biscuits
1 tsp   ground ginger
30 gm   butter, melted
250 gm   mascarpone
300 gm   cream cheese, softened
90 gm   golden caster sugar
120 gm   mango flesh, coarsely chopped
2   eggs
1   egg yolk
2   limes, juice only
2   mangoes
To serve:   lime cheeks


1 Preheat oven to 150C. Process biscuits and ground ginger in a food processor until finely ground, add butter and mix to combine. Press biscuit mixture into the bases of six 7.5cm-diameter x 6cm-high ring moulds (see note). Place on a baking paper-lined oven tray and refrigerate until required.
2 Combine mascarpone, cream cheese, sugar, mango flesh, eggs, egg yolk and lime juice in a food processor and process until smooth, then spoon mixture over biscuit base and smooth top. Bake for 20 minutes or until just set. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until completely cold.
3 To serve, remove cheesecakes from moulds. Thinly slice mango and layer in overlapping slices over top of cheesecake. Serve immediately with lime cheeks.

Note Ring moulds are available from specialist kitchenware stores.

RECIPE Emma Knowles PHOTOGRAPHY Chris Chen STYLING Emma Knowles


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