No Bake Lemon Cheesecake Recipe

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This is one of the recipe which i wanted to try for quite a long time. Finally i made it few days back and it was a super hit. It has a really lovely lemon taste to it which i adore so much.

About this Recipe

A cheesecake is a sweet dessert with one or more layers. The main and thickest layer is made up of a soft, fresh cheese (usually cottage cheese, cream cheese, or ricotta), eggs, and sugar. If there is a bottom layer, it is usually made of crushed cookies (or digestive biscuits), graham crackers, pastry, or sometimes sponge cake. Cheesecake can be made either baked or unbaked (and is usually refrigerated).

Cheesecake is typically sweetened with sugar and can be flavoured in a variety of ways. The main cheese layer can be flavoured with vanilla, spices, lemon, chocolate, pumpkin, or other flavours. Topping the finished dessert with fruit, whipped cream, nuts, cookies, fruit sauce, chocolate syrup, or other ingredients can add additional
flavours and visual appeal.

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This cheesecake has three layers. A buttery biscuit layer, a lemon cream filling and a tangy lemon jelly layer. So good and so citrusy. If you adore the taste of lemons then you will love this for sure.

What is the difference between no-bake cheesecake and regular cheesecake?

The main difference is that there are no eggs in a no-bake cheesecake, and it sets by chilling in the refrigerator. A baked cheesecake contains eggs in the recipe, is baked in a water bath, and then chilled in the refrigerator. These two cheesecakes have
completely different textures.

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This is a pretty easy to make cheesecake. You just need a handful of ingredients to make this. The more cool thing is you don't need cream cheese to make this cheesecake. So you can easily call this recipe as cheesecake without cream cheese. I used hung curd to make this, i took some thick yogurt and poured in some cheesecloth lined over a sieve and put it in fridge and let it drip overnight, the next day i got the beautiful thick hung yogurt which can be easily substituted for cream cheese.

Ingredients for No Bake Lemon Cheesecake Recipe 

Unsalted Butter  :
Unsalted butter allows you to completely control the flavour of your recipe. This is especially important in baked goods that rely heavily on the pure, sweet cream flavour of butter (butter cookies or pound cakes). When it comes to cooking, unsalted butter allows the true, natural flavour of your foods to shine through.

Hung Yogurt :
Hung curd is simply yoghurt that has been completely dehydrated. It is very simple to make at home. Tie some curd in a muslin cloth and hang it for at least 3-4 hours, or until all the water has drained out. After this time, the bundle is squeezed to extract all of the water, and the hung curd is ready.

Lemon Zest :
The yellow part of the peel (skin) on the outside of a lemon is known as lemon zest. The zest is shiny, brightly coloured, and textured is the fruits outer surface that consumers can see. Essence (the inner white, fibrous membrane directly below the zest which helps to protect the fruit inside).

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How to Make Lemon Cheesecake

1. Line a 18 cm round baking pan with plastic wrap and set aside.

2. Start by making crust. Take cookies in a blender and powder them, add in melted butter and mix well.

3. Spoon this in the pan and press it evenly using a spoon. Chill this in fridge till you need them.

4. Take gelatin in a bowl, add in some water and let it bloom for 5 mins. Take this in a sauce pan and heat gently till it melts down.

5. Whip some cream until it forms soft peaks. Set aside.

6. Now take hung curd, powdered sugar, vanilla, lemon zest, lemon juice in a bowl and use beater to whip this till creamy.

7. Add in the gelatin mix and give a good mix.

8. Fold in cream and mix gently.

9. Spoon this mix over the chilled crust and chill this for 4 to 6 hours till set .

10. Now make the topping. Take sugar, water, lemon juice, gelatin in a sauce pan and heat on low heat till the gelatin is melted. Now add in food colour and mix well. 

11. Mix cornflour with little water to form a slurry, pour this into the lemon mix and heat till it thickens.

12. Now cool this lightly. Take cheesecake from fridge, pour this over the cheesecake and set it for 2 to 4 hours.

13. Now remove this carefully from tin using the help of plastic wrap and set aside. Slice and serve.

No Bake Lemon Cheesecake Step by Step

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I poured some yogurt over a sieve which is lined with cheesecloth and put that in fridge overnight. Now hung  curd is done..Check this post for detailed post

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I used a removable bottom cake pan..If you don't have  this, use normal cake pan and line it with plastic wrap

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Now for the base

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start by melting butter

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set aside

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take biscuits in a blender

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crush them roughly

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put that in a bowl

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pour over melted butter

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give a good mix