Lime and Mascarpone Cheesecake
Lime and mascarpone cheesecake is a very creamy and delightfully simple dessert. It can be prepared ahead of time and stored in the fridge. No cooking is required.
Ingredients
- 500 g mascarpone cheese or plain cream cheese
- 4 limes (preferably unwaxed)
- 200 g ginger nut biscuits, crushed or ground in a food processor
- 50 g butter
- Icing sugar to taste
Ingredients for 8 servings (870 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the biscuit crumbs. Press firmly into a 20 cm diameter loose-bottomed pan and put aside.
Stovetop - 2
Put the mascarpone in a bowl and beat until firm.
- 3
Add the juice of 3 of the limes and the grated or zested rind of all 4 into the cheese. Stir, adding icing sugar to taste.
- 4
Spread the cheese mixture over the biscuit base and chill for an hour or so before serving.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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