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| Biscuit base |
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| Cream cheese mixture |
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| Fresh strawberries |
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| Before agar agar added |
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| After agar agar added |
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| Final product! |
Ingredients for Biscuit base:
300g Digestive biscuits
140g melted butter
Ingredients for fillings:
1 block (250g) Philadelphia cream cheese
10g gelatine powder (abt 2 tsp)
50g sugar (abt 3 1/2 tbsp)
1/2 cup hot water
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
Fresh strawberries (or you can use blueberries/cranberries/peaches etc)
Topping:
Agar agar/ Jelly (whichever your preference)
Method:
1. For biscuit base: Blend biscuits until fine and ten mix with melted butter and mix thoroughly.
2. Press into a tray and chill in the fridge to let it harden.
3. For fillings, stir gelatine powder with boiling hot water until it dissolves.
4. Cream cream cheese, sugar and vanilla essence till creamy. Add in gelatine mixture gradually and cream until smooth. Pour on top of the chilled biscuit base. Chill in fridge to let this harden.
5. Arrange fruits on top of the chilled cheese filling. Put in the fridge for a third time to let it set.
6. For topping, prepare agar agar/jelly as per instructions on the package. Let it cool slightly before pouring it over the set cream cheese filling.
7. Put into the fridge and let it set until firm.
