Rhubarb And Ginger Cheesecake Low Carb And Gluten Free Recipes

RHUBARB & GINGERNUT CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line a large baking tray with baking parchment and fill with the rhubarb. Scatter over the sugar and orange zest and pour over the juice. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla pod in there too, throwing the spent pod on top. Cover with foil and roast for 20 mins. Remove from the oven. Purée a third of the rhubarb, reserving the rest for the top.
• Butter a 20cm springform cake tin and line it with baking parchment. To make the base, put the biscuits in a bag and smash them with a rolling pin, or put them in a food processor and grind to crumbs. Tip into a mixing bowl, and stir in a pinch of sea salt. Pour the butter over the crumbs. Mix it together with a fork and tip it into the tin. Tap the side of the tin with your hand to even the crumbs out, and gently compress it with the back of a large spoon until it's packed in and level. You want it fairly well packed so that it holds together. Put in the fridge to chill.
• To make the filling, put the cheese and quark or yogurt into a mixing bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer, and beat it together. Mix until combined and thickened, then fold through the rhubarb purée.
• Pile the mixture on top of the biscuit base and smooth it down. Cover with cling film and chill overnight until set. Remove the rhubarb from its syrup with a slotted spoon, tip the syrup into a pan and bring to the boil. Reduce for about 3-5 mins until the syrup is more concentrated. Allow to cool.
• Carefully remove the cheesecake from its tin. Pile the rhubarb on top and drizzle over some syrup (you can save the rest for drizzling over porridge), then scatter with the pistachios to serve.

RHUBARB AND GINGER CHEESECAKE (LOW CARB AND GLUTEN FREE)

Steps:

• For the topping, place the rhubarb, splenda, water and ginger into a saucepan and cook for 20 minutes, until the rhubarb has completely broken down.
• Take off the heat and leave over a bowl of ice to cool down.
• Soak the gelatine in cool water until soft, and stir it into the warm rhubarb compote. Leave to cool.
• Meanwhile place the cornflakes and macadamia nuts in a sealed food bag and crush with a rolling pin.
• In a medium saucepan, gently melt the butter add the cornflakes, nuts, ginger and sugar replacement and mix well.
• Place the mixture in a 24cm loose bottomed round cake tin which is at least 5cm deep and press down with the back of a metal spoon to make an even layer over the bottom of the tin.
• Chill in the fringe while you make the filling.
• Place the gelatine leaves in a bowl of cold water and leave to soften for 5 minutes.
• Pour the half and half into a saucepan and bring just to boiling point then remove from the heat.
• Remove the gelatine leaves and squeeze out excess water, then stir each one into the cream, leave to cool for a few minutes.
• Beat the cream cheese in a bowl with the splenda, honey, lemon juice and zest until smooth and creamy.
• Mix in the cream and gelatine.
• In another bowl lightly whip the double cream so that it falls in soft peaks, and then fold it into the cream cheese mixture.
• Pour onto the cornflake base and smooth down gently.
• Chill for I hour to set slightly before spooning the cold compote evenly over the cheesecake and place back in the fridge to set for a couple of hours.
• To serve, run a knife between the cheesecake and the tin to loosen it.
• Remove the tin and base and put it on a serving plate.