Vanilla and tropical fruit cheesecake

Vanilla and tropical fruit cheesecake
Vanilla and tropical fruit cheesecake
Vanilla and tropical fruit cheesecake
Give your usual cheesecake a summer makeover with Valli Little's Fijian inspired vanilla and tropical fruit cheesecake.

Ingredients (12)

  • 300g shortbread biscuits, finely crushed
  • 110g unsalted butter, melted
  • 750g cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 150ml thickened cream
  • 1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped
  • 2 eggs, plus 8 extra egg yolks
  • 1 3/4 cups (385g) caster sugar
  • 600g sour cream
  • 5 passionfruit, pulp removed
  • 1/2 red papaya, peeled, sliced
  • 1/2 pineapple, peeled, sliced
  • 1 mango, peeled, sliced

Don't forget you can add these ingredients to your Woolworths shopping list.

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Method

  • 1.
    Preheat the oven to 160°C. Grease and line the base and sides of a 20cm x 30cm lamington pan with baking paper.
  • 2.
    Combine crushed biscuit and butter in a bowl, then press into base of pan.
  • 3.
    Chill for 30 minutes to set. Bake for 10-15 minutes until pale golden, then remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
  • 4.
    Reduce oven to 120°C. Whiz cream cheese, cream, vanilla seeds, eggs, egg yolks and 1 cup (220g) sugar in a food processor until smooth.
  • 5.
    Pour over the cooled base and return to the oven for 1 hour 15 minutes or until just set.
  • 6.
    Wipe food processor clean, then whiz sour cream and 1/4 cup (55g) sugar until smooth. Pour over cheesecake and smooth top.
  • 7.
    Return to oven and bake for a further 15 minutes or until set.
  • 8.
    Remove from oven. Set aside to cool, then chill for 4 hours or overnight.
  • 9.
    To make passionfruit syrup, place the remaining 1/2 cup (110g) sugar and 200ml water in a pan over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.
  • 10.
    Increase the heat to medium-low and simmer for 8-10 minutes until slightly reduced.
  • 11.
    Add passionfruit pulp, stirring to break up the membrane.
  • 12.
    Remove from heat and cool slightly. Chill until ready to serve.
  • 13.
    Cut cheesecake into twelve bars. Top each bar with pieces of fruit and drizzle with passionfruit syrup to serve.
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