Cherry Yoghurt Cheesecake
- 1 1/4 cups sweet biscuit crumbs
- 70g butter, melted
- Filling
- 750g block PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup caster sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 200g Greek yoghurt
- Garnish
- 400g jar cherries, drained, liquid reserved
- 1/4 cup caster sugar, extra
- 2 teaspoons arrowroot, blended with 1 tablespoon cold water
- Combine biscuit crumbs and butter in a bowl.
- Press into the base of a greased and lined 22cm (9) round springform tin.
- Chill 10 minutes.
- Beat 500g Philly*, 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla using an electric mixer until smooth.
- Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
- Pour mixture into the prepared base and bake at 180C for 20 minutes.
- Cool 5 minutes.
- Beat remaining Philly*, sugar and vanilla until smooth, then beat in the yoghurt.
- Pour over cooked base then bake for a further 10-15 minutes until just a little wobbly in centre.
- Turn off oven and allow to cool in oven with door ajar.
- Chill.
- Combine reserved cherry liquid, extra sugar and arrowroot mixture in a small saucepan over a low heat until sugar has dissolved and syrup has thickened.
- Stir in cherries and take off heat, cool.
- Serve cherries and syrup over the chilled cheesecake.
sweet biscuit crumbs, butter, filling, cream cheese, caster sugar, vanilla, eggs, greek yoghurt, cherries, caster sugar, arrowroot
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/cherry-yoghurt-cheesecake-107006.aspx (may not work)