In Which We Console Ourselves With Cheesecake

Adam Lambert - you will always be my Idol!!

I can't tell you how disappointed I was that Adam didn't win. I had totally planned to celebrate and prance around letting my crazy hang out for the world to see. It was not meant to be because alas, in a ridiculous twist of fate and stupid fluke, Kris (with a K) the most non-Idol Idol won. As far as I'm concerned Adam won and he'll always be my Idol. All that to say that I had made a cheesecake to celebrate his win, but we used it to console ourselves in the end. Lua who usually strongly dislikes cheesecakes loved it. It was a major success and we all felt much better after mouthfuls of creamy, mousse-y, luscious, and rich cheesecake. There's nothing like good company and a good cheesecake to make you feel better. Here's the recipe:


Flor's No Bake Cheesecake

Ingredients:

Filling:

• 500 gr whipping cream
• 600gr softened cream cheese
• zest of 2 limes
• juice of 1 big lime
• 1 cup sugar (aprox. to taste - keep in mind that there will be sweet jam on top)
• vanilla

Pastry:

• 250gr maizena (or graham) cracker crumbs (processed to fine)
• 100gr melted unsalted butter

Jam:

I know I should say that I make my own, but I don't. My fave cheesecake jam topping is a good brand of store bought jam with a bit of flavored fruit brandy to thin it out a bit.

Directions:

Pastry

• Process the cookies really well so that they're nice and smooth
• Mix with melted butter. The "dough" should hold when pinched. Press it into your baking dish (I like a pretty round 10 inch spring form pan, but you can use whatever you want)
• Bake in medium heat until the edges start to brown
• Cool completely

Filling

• Beat the cream to stiff peaks and reserve
• Beat the cream cheese, sugar, zest, juice, and vanilla together until very smooth and light
• Carefully and thoroughly fold in the whipped cream (you can add a couple of tsp of gelatin if you feel it won't hold without it, depends on the cream)
  
• Pour into completely cooled pie crust and chill for at least 4-6 hours before serving
• Thin out the jam with brandy of your choice and spoon on top of the cheesecake and enjoy!