Coconut Mango Cheesecake Bars Recipes

COCONUT MANGO CHEESECAKE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 deg F. Spread coconut in a 9x9 baking pan. Bake, uncovered, 4-5 mins or until toasted, stirring once. Allow to cool.
• For crust, put 2 tbsp of the toasted coconut in a food processor. Set the remaining coconut aside. Add the following ingredients to the food processor - graham cracker crumbs, 2 tbsp sugar, orange peel. Gradually add melted butter, processing with on-off turns until mix comes together. Press mix into the bottom of the 9x9 baking pan. Bake 10 minutes Cool for 15 minutes.
• For filling, in a large mixing bowl beat together cream cheese, 1/3 c sugar, and vanilla, using an electric mixer. Add orange juice and beat until smooth. Stir in egg. Pour mix over baked crust. Bake approx 15 mins or until center is just set. Cool on a wire rack, then cover and chill for at least 2 hours.
• Cut into bars. Spoon on mango and sprinkle with reserved toasted coconut.

COCONUT-LIME CHEESECAKE WITH MANGO COULIS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9-inch springform pan.
• Combine the coconut, gingersnap cookies, and melted butter in a bowl; mix until evenly moistened. Press the cookie mixture into the bottom and slightly up the sides of the prepared pan.
• Bake the crust in the preheated oven until browned and set, about 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Reduce oven heat to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Beat the softened cream cheese in mixer bowl until smooth. With beater set to medium-low, slowly pour the condensed milk into the bowl, mixing only until just blended, stopping to scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary. Add the eggs, individually, allowing the first to blend into the mixture before adding the second; again, scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary.
• Pour about half of the cream cheese batter into a separate bowl. Stir the lime juice and lime zest into the portion in the new bowl; pour the batter over the crust in the springform pan, smoothing into an even layer.
• Stir the coconut extract through the remaining cream cheese batter; pour over the lime-flavored batter in the springfom pan, smoothing into an even layer.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top of the cheesecake springs back when gently pressed, about 45 minutes. Turn oven heat off, but leave cheesecake inside with oven door slightly ajar until the oven cools completely. Refrigerate until completely chilled.
• Prepare mango coulis by pureeing the mango with sugar until smooth. If too thick, add a teaspoon of water at a time, using just enough to make pourable. Drizzle over cheesecake when plated.