Mango Pineapple Lime Cheesecake With Ginger Crust Recipes

MANGO CHEESECAKE WITH SWEET GINGER CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine gingersnap cookie crumbs and melted butter in a bowl; mix until well combined. Press into the bottom of 9-inch cake pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes; let cool, about 10 minutes.
• Puree 1 mango using a food processor. Slice the other mango and arrange in an even layer over the cooled crust.
• Beat the cream cheese, white sugar, and cornstarch in a bowl using an electric mixer on low speed until smooth and fluffy. Beat in the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add mango puree; mix on low speed until combined. Mix by hand to finish. Pour batter into cake pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set, 55 to 65 minutes.
• Turn oven off; let cake stand for 30 minutes in the oven with the door open 4 inches. Remove from oven; refrigerate.

MANGO PINEAPPLE LIME CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• CRUST:.
• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Generously butter a 9" springform pan. Finely grind the gingersnaps, macadamia nuts, brown sugar and crystallized ginger in a food processor. Add butter and process until well-mixed. Press mixture into prepared pan, going 1 3/4 inches up the sides. Bake in preheated oven for about 8 minutes, or until crust is set. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
• FILLING:.
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and minced lime peel with a mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in sour cream and lime juice. Add eggs one at a time, beating just until blended. Pour filling into prepared crust. Bake at 350ºF for about 80 minutes, or until edges are firm but the center 2 inches of cheesecake are still slightly jiggly.
• Transfer baked cheesecake to a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Loosen sides of cheesecake with a small sharp knife and remove springform ring. Chill cheesecake overnight. After chilling, arrange mango slices around top outer edge of cake. Arrange kiwi in a ring just inside the ring of mango. Arrange the sliced pineapple within the ring of kiwi, then place the pineapple leaves in the center of the cheesecake.

MANGO-PINEAPPLE-LIME CHEESECAKE WITH GINGER CRUST

Steps:

• For crust:
• Preheat oven to 350 °F. Generously butter 9-inch-diameter spring-form pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Finely grind first 4 ingredients in processor. Add butter; blend until crumbs are moistened. Press mixture on bottom and 1 3/4 inches up sides of pan. Bake until crust is set, about 8 minutes. Transfer to rack, cool. Maintain oven temperature.
• For filling:
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese, sugar and lime peel in large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in sour cream and lime juice. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating just until blended.
• Pour filling into crust. Bake until edges are firm but center 2 inches of cheesecake still moves slightly when pan is shaken, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool 10 minutes. Run small sharp knife around pan sides to loosen cake. Cover, chill overnight.
• Place mango around top edge of caked. Place kiwi, then pineapple in center. Garnish with pineapple leaves.