Mint & Melon Cheesecake Cups

Servings: 8 Total Time: 59 mins Difficulty: Beginner

A delightful and easy dessert for when melons are in season.

Difficulty: Beginner Prep Time 59 mins Total Time 59 mins
Servings: 8
Best Season: Summer

Ingredients

Base:

Cheesecake:

Melon Puree:

Method

Base:

  1. Mix the crushed biscuits with melted butter. Place on a baking sheet and bake in oven 180C/350F for 10 minutes.

  2. Leave to cool and spoon them evenly into your dessert glasses.

Cheesecake:

  1. In a large bowl beat the philadelphia cheese, caster sugar, lemon juice and mint till well combined and smooth.

  2. Add the whipped cream. Pour into glasses and refrigerate for 2 hours or until firmly set.

Melon Puree:

  1. Put the chopped melon and sugar in a blender. Leave for about 15 minutes so the melon will absorb the sugar and blend to a puree.

  2. Pour into a large jug. Sprinkle the gelatin powder over the water and leave for a few minutes to absorb into the water.

  3. Microwave a few seconds until dissolved. Leave to cool and stir into the melon puree.

  4. Hold the back of a spoon over the cheesecake filling in the glass and slowly pour the puree onto the spoon so that it will hit the spoon first and slowly drip down onto the filling.

  5. This way it will not disturb and mix into the cheesecake filling.

  6. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until set.

  7. Decorate as desired and enjoy!