Christmas Conserve Cheesecake Pots
6 Small Dessert Glasses
30 minutes
2 hours
Bring a little magic to the table with these no-bake cheesecake pots. A ginger biscuit base, layered with cinnamon-spiced cheesecake cream and generous swirls of Tiptree’s Fruity Christmas Conserve is topped with whipped cream and slices of seasonal fruit. It’s the perfect make-ahead dessert to add festive flavours to any Christmas gathering.
Ingredients
- 150g ginger biscuits
- 50g unsalted butter, melted
- 250g full fat cream cheese taken out of the fridge and at room temperature
- 25g icing sugar, sieved
- 1tsp vanilla paste or extract
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 150ml double cream
- 120g Tiptree Christmas Conserve
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- 75ml double cream
- 3 ripe figs, sliced
- 3 ripe plums, sliced
- 60g Tiptree Christmas Conserve (sieved)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon for dusting
Directions
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- Crush the ginger biscuits into crumbs by blitzing in a food processor or placing inside a plastic bag and bashing with a rolling pin.
- Tip in the melted butter and mix.
- Portion between 6 x small dessert glasses or ramekin dishes and press down firmly with the back of a spoon.
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- Using an electric hand or stand mixer whisk together the cream cheese, vanilla, cinnamon and icing sugar until just smooth. Do not over-mix.
- Pour in the double cream and whisk again until smooth and thickened.
- Take half of the cheesecake mixture and spoon on top of the biscuit base in the glasses.
- Divide 120g of Tiptree Christmas Conserve between the 6 glasses (loosen it first by stirring) and spoon it over the top, spreading it lightly towards the edges to make a layer.
- Add the remaining half cheesecake mixture on top as the final layer and smooth it over.
- Set the cheesecake pots in the fridge for 2 hours or overnight.
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- When ready to serve whip the double cream and mix in the sieved Christmas Conserve.
- Decorate the cheesecake pots with blobs of spiced cream, either placed with a spoon or piped on and arrange the sliced fruit on top.
- Dust the tops with ground cinnamon.
Christmas Conserve Cheesecake Pots
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