Turkish Delight Cheesecake
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About the bake
Turkish Delight?...We say what a delight!
Shelina Permaloo's Turkish Delight Cheesecake is guaranteed to up your cheesecake game and have everybody asking for seconds.
From celebrating Eid, to family gatherings this no bake cheesecake you will become a recipe we are sure you will want to make time and time again.
Method
Step 1
Whizz up the biscuits into a crumble, then add in the melted butter. Stir until thoroughly coated and tumble into an 8 inch cake pan with a removable base and refrigerate for 10 minutes.
Step 2
For the filling, whisk the double cream, icing sugar, rose extract and vanilla until you get stiff peaks
Step 3
Gently fold in the room temperature cream cheese until combined.
Step 4
Tumble in the crushed meringue, pomegranates, rose extract and chopped Turkish delight into the cake tin, use a spatula to level off the cheesecake and then set in the fridge to set overnight ideally.
Step 5
For the decoration top the cheesecake with Turkish delight pieces, meringue kisses, pomegranate and some gold leaf for that extra exuberant decoration for Eid. Top with fresh rose petals and serve.
Ingredients
For the Base
- 300gDigestives
- 150gSalted Butter (melted)
For the Cheesecake Filling
- 500gFull Fat Cream Cheese
- 100gBillington's Unrefined Golden Icing Sugar (sifted)
- 300mlDouble Cream
- 1 tspNielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract
- 100gPomegranate Seeds
- 1 tspRose Extract
- 50gCrushed Meringue Kisses
- 50gTurkish Delight (chopped)
For the Decoration
- 200gTurkish Delight
- ExtraMeringue Kisses
- 50gPomegranate
- A few flakesEdible Gold
- 2Pink Rose Buds