Pineapple & passionfruit cheesecake with a gingernut base

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Pineapple & Passionfruit Cheesecake with a Ginger Nut Base

These flavours complement each other so well and this cheesecake is a hit in my household. If you’re lucky enough to have a passionfruit vine at home, use fresh instead of preserved fruit.

Serves 8–10

Ingredients

250g packet ginger nuts

50g butter, melted

200ml cream

440g can crushed pineapple, strained

230g jar passionfruit pulp

250g tub cream cheese

1. Using a food processor, crush biscuits to a fine crumb. Add butter and combine.

2. Grease a 23cm round cake tin. Press mixture into tin and put in fridge or freezer for 30

     minutes to chill.

3. Whip cream and add pineapple and half the passionfruit pulp.

4. Beat cream cheese in a separate bowl until smooth. Add cream mix and fold together until  

   well combined.

5. Pour over base and top with remaining passionfruit pulp.

6. Chill until ready to serve.

What I spent

ginger nuts............... $1.29

butter....................... $0.50

cream........................ $2.50

pineapple.................$2.39

passionfruit pulp.... $3.00

cream cheese............$3.39

TOTAL................ $13.07

Reproduced with permission from Feed a Family of Six for under $20by Jas McPhee. Published byPenguin Group NZ. RRP $19.99. Copyright © text  Jasmine McPhee, 2014 Copyright © food images Vance McPhee, 2014. Available nationwide.

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