Passionfruit Cheesecake

🧂 Ingredients

• 250 g plain sweet biscuits

  (like Arnotts Marie)
• 125 g butter

  melted
• 3 tsp gelatine powder

  dissolved in ⅓ cup boiling water
• 500 g cream cheese

  full fat, room temperature
• 75 g (⅓ cup) caster sugar
• 300 ml thickened cream
• 1 tbs lemon juice
• 170 g can passionfruit pulp

  or fresh
• 1 tsp gelatine powder

  dissolved in 2 tbs boiling water
• 170 g can passionfruit pulp

  or fresh

Instructions

• 1 Grease and line a 23cm round springform tin with baking paper and set aside. 
• 2 Crush the biscuits in a food processor and place into a separate bowl. Add the
  melted butter and mix until well combined.
  
  If using a Thermomix: Place the butter into the Thermomix bowl and melt for 2
  minutes, 80 degrees, Speed 2. Add the biscuits and mix for 10 seconds, Speed 8.
• 3 Firmly press the mixture into the bottom of the prepared tin and then place it
  into the fridge.
• 4 Dissolve the gelatine powder in the boiling water (see notes). Set aside.
• 5 Use hand-held beaters or a stand mixer to beat the cream cheese and caster sugar
  until smooth and creamy.
  
  If using a Thermomix: Mix the cream cheese and caster sugar for 30 seconds,
  Speed 5. Scrape down the sides with a spatula and repeat until smooth and
  creamy.
• 6 Add the dissolved gelatine and beat through.
  
  If using a Thermomix: Add the cooled, dissolved gelatine to the mix and mix for
  30 seconds on Speed 5.
• 7 Add the cream and lemon juice and beat for 2 minutes or until slightly
  thickened. Stir through the passionfruit pulp.
  
  If using a Thermomix: Add the cream and lemon juice and mix for 2 minutes, Speed
  3 or until thickened. Add the passionfruit pulp and mix for 10 seconds, REVERSE,
  Speed 2, or until combined.
• 8 Pour the mixture over the prepared base and place into the fridge for 1-2 hours
  or until set.
• 9 To make the passionfruit jelly layer, mix the extra can of passionfruit pulp
  through the dissolved gelatine and gently pour over the top of the set
  cheesecake.
• 10 Return to the fridge for 4 hours or until set.

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