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Lime and Mascarpone Cheesecake
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schedulePrep 0 min
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Ingredients
Scale
- 500 g mascarpone cheese or plain cream cheese
- 4 limes (preferably unwaxed)
- 200 g ginger nut biscuits, crushed or ground in a food processor
- 50 g butter
- Icing sugar to taste
Directions
- Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the biscuit crumbs. Press firmly into a 20 cm diameter loose-bottomed pan and put aside.
- Put the mascarpone in a bowl and beat until firm.
- Add the juice of 3 of the limes and the grated or zested rind of all 4 into the cheese. Stir, adding icing sugar to taste.
- Spread the cheese mixture over the biscuit base and chill for an hour or so before serving.
Notes
Feel free to serve with grated chocolate.
