Winter Recipes

Our super chef Greg Haynes has been a ladel wielding, frying, baking pro for years. Eight years in fine dining have taken him everywhere from Boathouse to Pilu, cooking for the likes of Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Jennifer Hawkins and Lara Bingle. And now he's here to share his kitchen knowledge with you, stay tuned every week for a new recipe from Greg's archives...

Easy No-Bake Cheesecake

Enjoy the delicious lightness of cheesecake minus the baking time!

Ingredients:

Base
2 cups Granita biscuits, crushed
90 g butter
2 teaspoons hot water

Filling
1 tablespoon gelatin
¼ cup hot water
250 g cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Rind and juice of half a lemon
1 x 310 g tin mandarins
2 egg whites
½ cup caster sugar

Method:

Step 1- Combine biscuit crumbs for the base with hot water and butter.
Step 2 - Press base mixture into pie plate or spring form pan.
Step 3 - Dissolve gelatine in hot water for the filing.
Step 4 - Beat softened cream cheese for the filling until smooth.
Step 5 - Gradually add sugar, gelatine, vanilla essence and lemon rind.
Step 6 - Make lemon juice up to half cup with juice from the mandarins.
Step 7 - Add liquid to cream cheese mixture and blend well.
Step 8 - Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into cheese. Add mandarins.
Step 9 - Pour into crumb-crust and chill until firm.

Serves: 6-8