Green Tea Cheesecake
- 150g biscuits (I use malt biscuits), crushed
- 35g butter, melted
- Sesame seeds
- 250g cream cheese
- 60g sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 100g plain yoghurt
- 1 cup cream, whipped
- 3 tablespoons gelatine powder, dissolved in 50ml warm water
- 1 teaspoon matcha powder, plus 1/4 teaspoon extra
- Mix biscuits and butter and press into base of a 24 cm round cake tin. Spread evenly and press with the palm of your hand. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and refrigerate to firm up.
- Mix together cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice and yoghurt until smooth. Mix in whipped cream. Add dissolved gelatine and mix very gently.
- Pour half mixture into cake tin over biscuit base. Spread with a rubber spatula and return to fridge.
- Mix matcha powder with 1 tablespoon water until smooth. Pour into remaining half of cheesecake filling and mix well. Pour gently into the tin, keeping 1 tablespoon of filling mixture to use for decoration. Use rubber spatula to spread and make a flat surface.
- Add 1/4 teaspoon extra matcha powder to the 1 tablespoon filling to darken it for decoration.
- Use a teaspoon to draw lines on the cheesecake with the darker matcha mix. Use chopsticks to drag horizontal lines and make patterns, as shown in the picture. Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.
malt, butter, sesame seeds, cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, yoghurt, cream, gelatine powder, matcha powder
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/green-tea-cheesecake-56390032 (may not work)