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Fig Knot Cheesecake

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Fig Knot Cheesecake

A creative and new cheesecake with knotted figs. A delicious and proven recipe, and importantly it doesn’t rely on gelatin. The section below also shows how to knot the figs.

Total time30 min
Prep10 min
Cook20 min
Yield8 servings
DifficultyEasy
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DessertsInternationalVegetarianVeganDairy freeGluten freeNut freeEgg freeEasyQuick cook

Ingredients

  • 1 pack digestive biscuits
  • 100 g butter
  • a pinch of ground cinnamon
  • 200 g of any available type of cream cheese
  • 500 g fresh cream
  • 2 small sachets of ready powdered cream
  • a pinch of vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
  • 1 cup knotted figs
  • This new and innovative recipe comes from a friend of the Sho Tabkheen Al-Youm website:
  • Rana Sbeiti Bazi
  • Click on Rana's name to visit her page on our site.
  • You can try the knotted-figs recipe at this link: Knotted Figs
  • For other recipes by Rana in innovative cheesecakes click on: Pistachio Cheesecake
  • or Coconut Cheesecake without gelatin

Method

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  2. Crush the biscuits into fine crumbs and mix in the butter. Press the biscuit crust into a cheesecake pan and pack it tightly.
  3. Beat the cream and cream cheese with sugar and vanilla and the two sachets of whipped cream powder in a blender on high speed.
  4. Pour the cream mixture over the biscuit crust. Finally place the knotted figs as a top layer over the cream and decorate the cheesecake with nuts as desired.
  5. Chill the cheesecake with knotted figs in the fridge (not the freezer) for at least 6 hours.
    Timers: 360 min
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