I had my closest neighbor (more like my elder sister's) Birthday coming up in past week. I wanted to try this fresh peaches and cheesecake mousse for so long and thought it will be a great occasion. I'll say its a very handy recipe if you want to try no-bake recipes for your family, friends or colleagues at office. You can make it up to 2 nights before, and as they say, the longer a cheesecake waits, the tastier it gets! Enough of my blabbering, now let's get to the ingredients and how to make this simplest yet yummilicious dessert!
Ingredients
For the Crust:
Oreo/Graham (chocolate preferably) cookies- 20-24 pieces
Butter- 1/4 cup (melted)
Cheesecake filling:
Cream cheese - 16 ounces (softened)
Plain Yogurt- 1/2 cup
Warm milk- 1/3 cup
Unflavored gelatin- 3 ounces
Jello topping:
Peach jello- 3 ounces
Fresh peaches- 2 (varies)
Baking needs:
A spring form pan (9 inch)
Method:
1. Crush the biscuits (I usually take a zip lock bag and boom, keep hammering until they are fully crushed).
2. Mix the melted butter with the crushed oreos. Now gently press it on the spring foam pan. You may grease the pan with little butter before putting the crust, it helps while you cut the cheesecake later.
3. In a bowl, take cream cheese and yogurt, mix it together. Now in the warm milk, pour the unflavored gelatin. Give it a stir and add this to your cream cheese mixture. Make sure there are no lumps.
4. Pour the cream cheese filling over the oreo crust. Now keep it in the fridge for good 15-20 minutes.
5. In the meantime, slice fresh peaches (you may use any other fruit or jello flavors, I like peaches for its subtle flavor). For the next part, we need to prepare the peach jello. For peach jello using in this kind of recipes we need to use 1/2 the amount of water than what's needed in a regular time jello prep. So take 1/2 cup of boiled hot water and pour the jello mix. Stir is well until the jello gets dissolved. Now add 1/2 cup of ice cold water. Keep the jello mixture in room temperature.
6. Let's bring out our chilled cheesecake for the final layer. Place the peaches as you like and as much as you like! Lastly, pour the jello gently over the peaches. I use back of a spoon while pouring the jello as it helps to pour it evenly.
7. It is the most difficult time as you can not dig it in right NOW. Please keep it in the fridge for 4 hours to overnight for best results.
When you are ready to serve, simply open the spring form pan and place the cheesecake on the serving plate. Don't worry, it should be well set to transfer by now.
Make sure you have a warm knife to cut through the glistening slices of the cheesecake! Hope you'll enjoy making it as much as I did! My friends said, the mousse tasted very refreshing after a gorgeous Birthday Party Dinner!
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| Saved a slice from the party, haha! |
What are you waiting for? Try it out soon and let me know how it went!
Happy Cheeeeeeesecake Making! :)
