- Cheesecake with Mango Coulis
Serves 6
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:
Biscuit base:
- 150g ginger biscuits
- 30g butter, melted
Filling:
- 500g brick-style cream cheese, softened
- 100g sugar
- 120g sour cream
- 2 tsp vanilla extract / paste
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- Goldcrest Mango Coulis, to serve
Important: Bring all ingredients to room temperature before making the filling.
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180˚C.
- Lightly grease a 6 cup muffin tin and cut little discs of baking paper out for the bases.
- Blitz biscuits into crumbs in a food processor. Add the butter and pulse to combine.
- Divide the mixture into the greased and lined muffin tray and using a small glass firmly compress the biscuit base down.
- Bake for 10 minutes and then allow to cool.
- Reduce oven temperature to 150˚C.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese and sugar together until light, smooth and fluffy. Scraping down in between.
- Add the sour cream, vanilla, and lemon zest. Beat to combine.
- Add the eggs and mix.
- Evenly distribute the filling in the muffin pan.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until the tops of the cheesecakes puff up and look set.
- The centre should have a little jiggle to it.
- Remove the cheesecakes from the oven and cool in the pan.
- Carefully remove from the pan and refrigerate until fully set. ± 4 hours or overnight.
- To serve: Top cheesecakes with a generous drizzle of Goldcrest Mango Coulis and fresh fruit if desired.
- French Toast with Mixed Berry Coulis
Serves 2
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 5 minutes
Ingredients:
- 4 slices brioche style loaf
- (day old bread is best or if fresh oven dry the bread briefly until lightly toasted)
- 2 XL eggs
- 125ml full cream milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- Pinch sea salt
- 2 Tbsp butter
To serve:
- Goldcrest Mixed Berry Coulis
- Fresh berries, optional
Method:
- In a shallow bowl whisk together the eggs, milk, vanilla, sugar and salt.
- Soak the slices of brioche in the milk mixture.
- Melt the butter in a non-stick frying pan.
- Add the soaked bread to the frying pan and cook, until golden brown on both sides and slightly puffed up.
- If making larger batches, keep French toast warm on a wire rack in the oven.
- Serve French toast with a generous drizzle of Goldcrest Mixed Berry Coulis and fresh berries, if desired.
- Granadilla Martini
Serves 1
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 0 minutes
Ingredients:
- 50ml vanilla vodka (or normal vodka with a dash of vanilla extract)
- 15ml fresh lime juice
- 50ml Goldcrest Granadilla Coulis
- 100ml MCC, Prosecco or sparkling wine
- ½ fresh granadilla, optional
Method:
- Pour vodka, lime juice and Goldcrest Granadilla Coulis into a shaker with ice.
- Shake well, then strain into a coupe glass.
- Top the coupe up with MCC and if desired, float half a granadilla on top.