I love desserts. We don’t have them every
day, but my evening meal always feels a bit lost without one. So today I’m
going to share my mum’s recipe with you. It’s a perfect dessert to make with
kids, because it requires a lot of mashing, smashing and mixing, and no
cooking.
Serves 8-12 and has approx. 280 calories
for a one-eighth slice.
Ingredients: *American equivalent below*
170g digestive biscuits (or, apparently, graham crackers/animal
crackers)
85g butter (I think you might need more if using graham crackers)
400g reduced/low fat cream cheese
285g non-fat Greek yoghurt
28g sugar
200g strawberries/raspberries/blueberries
(for the authentic Annalisa’s mum’s
version, use tinned black cherry pie filling - it was the 80s, after all)
Method
1.
Mash up the digestive biscuits/graham
crackers into crumbs
2.
Heat the butter and mix into
the crushed biscuits
3.
Put the mixture into a baking
tin—preferably a 10” round tin (greased and prepared the usual way)
4.
Blend the cream cheese, yoghurt and sugar together and pour over the biscuit base
5.
Mash/slice/arrange nicely the
fruit of your choosing and smooth over the top
6.
Refrigerate for at least a
couple of hours (preferably overnight for the cheesecake to set fully).
7.
Lick out the bowl J (Why do recipes omit this very important step, I wonder?)
Enjoy!
Oh, and if you fancy a laugh, pop over to
my blog today to read the behind-the-scenes exclusive on the whole cheesecake
fiasco…
*Let's pause a moment and Americanize that recipe:
(Now, let me just say- I did this ciphering myself, and as a writer, I've never been accused of being good at math. If these numbers seem insane, they most likely are. Use conversion at your own risk!)
170 grams of digestive biscuits (or graham crackers/animal crackers) = 2 Cups
85 grams of butter = 1/3-1/2 Cup
400 grams cream cheese = 2 cups
285 grams of yoghurt (or yogurt) = 1 Cup
28 grams sugar = 2 tbs.
200 grams of fruit = enough fruit to cover the top...come on, wing it!
Thanks for stopping by Annalisa!
Besides being a pro at getting healthy, Annalisa Crawford is a multi-published author of literary fiction and dark, psychological suspense. She lives near the beach in Cornwall, UK with her musician husband, her two boys, and some furry critters. Check out Annalisa's work HERE.
*Let's pause a moment and Americanize that recipe:
(Now, let me just say- I did this ciphering myself, and as a writer, I've never been accused of being good at math. If these numbers seem insane, they most likely are. Use conversion at your own risk!)
170 grams of digestive biscuits (or graham crackers/animal crackers) = 2 Cups
85 grams of butter = 1/3-1/2 Cup
400 grams cream cheese = 2 cups
285 grams of yoghurt (or yogurt) = 1 Cup
28 grams sugar = 2 tbs.
200 grams of fruit = enough fruit to cover the top...come on, wing it!
Thanks for stopping by Annalisa!
Besides being a pro at getting healthy, Annalisa Crawford is a multi-published author of literary fiction and dark, psychological suspense. She lives near the beach in Cornwall, UK with her musician husband, her two boys, and some furry critters. Check out Annalisa's work HERE.
