Ballerina Cheesecake
Ballerina CheesecakeFat-free, sugar-free, low-carbohydrate Cheesecake! A recipe dedicated to Carling Hanson and other young ballerinas whose profession leaves them with few options for indulging a taste for cheesecake.
Spray a six-muffin silicon muffin-pan with cooking spray.
330g Fat-free "greek" yogourt such as Liberte (total ingredient list should read "skim milk, bacterial cultures" -- no additional additives!) | Drain the yogourt 24 hours in a colander lined with three layers of wet cheesecloth, or in a Donvier yogourt-cheese maker. The yogourt will become quite solid like a soft cheese. Discard the watery whey that drains off. |
2 eggwhites | Beat to soft peaks. |
80ml Splenda | Beat into eggwhites; then fold in the yoghurt curd |
12 ml fruit conserves | Put 2ml of fruit conserve in the center of each muffin-cup. Spoon the yogourt-egg batter over the fruit, filling each cup. Poke a chopstick carefully down to the bottom of each cup in the very centre, and stir each cup in a careful spiral motion out to the edge of the cup. This flattens the batter, and creates a decorative spiral of the fruit that will show when the cheesecake is turned out. |
50g ground almonds | Evenly divide the ground almonds among the six cups, spreading it smoothly over the top of each cheesecake and gently pressing it down to form a crust. |
Bake 25 minutes at 375 degrees fahrenheit. Chill in the refrigerator in the muffin-pan for at least an hour.