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Lemon Mascarpone Cheesecake

Lemon Mascarpone Cheesecake

By: Justine Schofield

Burrata is a decadent and divine cheese. This award-winning product has a mozzarella skin in a money bag style filled with strings of stretched curd bathed in cream.


Servings

8

Prep time

Cook time

Recipe


Ingredients

  • 175g digestive-style biscuits
  • 80g unsalted butter
  • 220g caster sugar
  • 500g cream cheese
  • 4 eggs
  • Zest 1 lemon
  • 90mL lemon juice from 2 lemons
  • 400g That’s Amore Cheese Mascarpone
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Lemon slices, to garnish

Method


  • Preheat oven to 140°C.
  • Crush digestive biscuits in food processor or place in a resealable bag and crush with rolling pin.
  • Melt butter in a pan, then add half the caster sugar and biscuit crumbs.
  • Line the base of a cake tin with baking paper and press biscuit crumbs into the bottom. Place cake tin in fridge until needed.
  • To make the filling, place cream cheese and sugar in food processor and pulse until smooth. Add eggs, lemon zest and juice and combine.
  • Add mascarpone and vanilla extract, then pulse until smooth.
  • Pour filling over the base and bake for 1 hour. Switch oven off and leave cheesecake inside for another hour or until completely set.
  • Transfer cheesecake to a wire rack and leave to chill in fridge for at least 4 hours.
  • Garnish with lemon slices and serve.

  

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Justine Schofield

Justine Schofield

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