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Lemon cheesecake with fresh redcurrants

19 August 2012 By Charlotte Pike 4 Comments

Fresh currants are such a treat, but I do struggle to get hold of them. On a recent trip to the excellent Binsey Lane pick your own just outside of Oxford, I was delighted to find two 300g punnets for a bargain price of £1.50 each. The fruit had been freshly picked that afternoon.

Once I’d got them home, I decided they would be rather nice on top of a lemon cheesecake. I didn’t have much time, so decided a refrigerator cheese would work well. All that was required  effort-wise was bashing the biscuits (good stress relief) and a little whipping and folding to make the topping using the Kitchen Aid.

It didn’t hang around for long.

Lemon cheesecake with fresh redcurrants

Ingredients

For the biscuit base

  • 10 digestive biscuits
  • 75g butter, melted

For the filling

  • 300g full fat cream cheese
  • 300g double cream, whipped
  • Juice and zest of 2 organic, unwaxed lemons
  • 100g icing sugar, sifted

To finish

  • 1 x 300g punnet fresh redcurrants

 Method:

1)   Brush the bottom of an 8” springform cake tin with some of the melted butter

2)   Crush the biscuits and place them into a bowl, add the melted butter and stir until well combined.

3)   Tip the mixture into the bottom of the cake tin. Press down evenly to form the base. Chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours

4)   For the filling, mix the cream cheese, whipped cream, lemon juice and zest and icing sugar gently together in a bowl until well combined.

5)   Spoon the mixture into the tin on top of the chilled biscuit mixture and chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours more.

6)   Decorate with the redcurrants immediately before serving

Filed Under: Baking, Uncategorized Tagged With: fresh red currants, homemade cheesecake recipe, lemon cheesecake recipe, pick your own, refrigerator cheesecake

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Comments

  1. The Food Sage says

    22 August 2012 at 2:10 am

    The abundance of redcurrants atop your cheesecake looks amazing. I’ve been enjoying your berry-filled posts and relishing the onset of summer in Australia so i can follow some of your tips. Thanks for sharing. Lovely work.

    Reply
    • Charlotte Pike says

      22 August 2012 at 8:11 pm

      Thank you so much for stopping by : )

      Reply
  2. laura@howtocookgoodfood says

    28 August 2012 at 3:34 pm

    Oh I love red currants and have to say we had masses on the allotment this year. I was eating them straight from the bush and they were so so sweet, which surprised me! Perfect partner to this gorgeous looking cheesecake!

    Reply
    • Charlotte Pike says

      28 August 2012 at 4:52 pm

      Thank you Laura! You lucky thing having access to so many currants!

      Reply

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Charlotte Pike, award-winning cookbook author, cookery teacher and chef.

Author of five bestselling cookery books, leading independent cookery teacher and private chef, running Charlotte's Kitchen catering company. Charlotte is also the current Chair of the Guild of Food Writers.

Charlotte is known for her recipes that really work, and as a professionally trained chef who writes about food.

Charlotte lives in the English countryside and is passionate about great home cooking using the best seasonal ingredients.

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