Western News: October 07, 2021

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Sweet treats for dessert or a snack
With daylight
saving here, there’s
a promise of
summer and warm
temperatures to
come. These cold
desserts are plentiful
for when visitors are
due
Cheesecake slice
Serves 10
Ingredients
Base
2 packets Super Wine or plain
Digestive Biscuits, place in food
processor
2 teaspoons cinnamon
250gm butter (melted)
mixer bowl with
1kg cream cheese
500g sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla paste
6 eggs (beaten)
Zest of four lemons
in oven to go cold (overnight is
fine). When cold, cut into wedges.
Blueberry cheesecake
Serves 6
Process the biscuits into fine Directions
crumbs and tip into large bowl,
Ingredients
add cinnamon and butter and Beat caster sugar/cream cheese
mix together thoroughly. Press
125gm cream cheese, place in
until smooth, add sour cream,
crumbs into largest springform
mixer bowl with
vanilla paste and eggs, mix well
pan (or even bigger container if
1 egg
until smooth and well blended.
one is available) that has been
¼ cup caster sugar
Add lemon zest and mix
well greased and lined baking through thoroughly. Pour mixture
over base, place in oven on a
30g butter
paper, chill in the fridge while the
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
filling
263
gets made.
biscuit tray
x
to allow for
180
any spillage,
and bake for 1hr and 50min, 1/3rd cup blue milk
Filling
or until golden, puffed and set in 1 cup self-raising flour (sifted)
2 cups caster sugar, place in the centre, turn oven off and leave 125gm (1 punnet) blueberries
FLAVOURS:
Use
blueberries
as a
garnish for
cheesecake
or as an
ingredient.
Directions
Mix cream cheese/egg/caster
sugar/butter/vanilla bean paste
together for 2-3min until light
and creamy.
Add milk and beat on low to
combine, add flour, mix through
thoroughly, then fold blueberries
through.
Melt butter onto and drop large
serving spoonfuls of batter onto a
hot surface. Cook through.
Whipped cream cheese topping
Ingredients
125gm cream cheese, place in
mixing bowl with
2 tablespoons caster sugar
2 teaspoons blue milk
2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
Extra blueberries
Directions
Beat cream cheese/caster sugar/
milk/vanilla bean paste for 1-2
minutes until fluffy. A little more
milk may be added to make
the mixture more spreadable, if
desired.
Easy pavlova
Serves 6
Ingredients
8 large egg whites, place in mixer
with two cups caster sugar,
1 desert spoon malt vinegar, 1
desertspoon vanilla essence
Directions
Beat a full speed for 12-15min
until very stiff.
Mould mixture into shape
on a well greased tray that has
been lined with at least two
thicknesses of baking paper and
splashed with a tiny amount of
water.
Bake at 150 deg C for 30min,
then reduce temperature to 100
deg C or 1 hour.
Let it go completely cold in the
oven.
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