mandarin cheesecake
categories:  Cake | Cheesecake | Desserts   

Prepared: 2008-05-11

Ingredients:

• 15 graham cracker rectangles
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup cream cheese, at room temperature
• 300g can sweetened condensed milk
• 5 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 300g can mandarin segments in natural juice

Preparation:

• break up the crackers and put them into a food bag.
• push the air out and seal.
• crush the crackers with a rolling pin until they are like fine breadcrumbs
• gently melt the butter in a saucepan, over a low heat.
• turn off the heat and stir in the crushed crackers until they are completely coated with butter
• put the flan pan on a baking tray and pour in the cracker mixture
• spread the mixture out with the back of a spoon until it evenly covers the base and sides
• chill the cracker base for 30 minutes
• beat the cream cheese and then add the condensed milk and lemon juice
• whick them all together, until smooth
• thoroughly drain the mandarin segments
• roughly chop them into smaller pieces and then scatter them over the chilled cracker base
• pour the filling mixture over the base
• use a spatula to spread the mixture and smooth the top
• chill for 2-3 hours or overnight to set.