Sunday, August 5, 2012

Green tea cheesecake



I love all things green tea. But my favourite has to be the matcha powder that goes so well with ice cream, cream cheese and milk. I didn't have matcha powder on hand, so I substituted it with greenmax matcha latte mix instead. The mix contains good quality matcha from Japan and a milky base that is not too sweet.

Ingredients:
- 250g cream cheese
- half cup vanilla yoghurt
- gelatin 2 tablespoons mixed in warm water
- 2 egg whites, beaten till stiff
- sugar, 90g
- Greenmax green tea mix, 2 packets (if you have green tea powder on hand, use 1 flat tablespoon
- digestive biscuits, 18 pieces
- 1 tsp vanilla essence

Directions:
For base
Crush biscuits finely in a plastic bag with the back of a tomato bottle. Put crush biscuits on a tray and mix melted butter into it. Press evenly into the base of a springform tin, then put in the fridge while you work on the rest of the ingredients.

Blend cream cheese, sugar, cooled gelatin, vanilla essence, yoghurt and green tea until smooth. In a seperate bowl, whisk egg whites until stiff and then fold the cream cheese mixture into the egg whites.

Pour the cheese topping on the base and chill in fridge until set. Decorate with green tea powder and enjoy!

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