Berry cheesecake in a glass

  • 2
  • 20 mins

Ingredients

  • 150 g punnet blackberries
  • 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
  • 1 lemon, finely grated zest and juice Lemon le-mon Oval in shape, with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile fruits…
  • 4 gingernut biscuit, crushed
  • knob of butter, melted Butter butt-err Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar
  • 1/2 x 250g tub mascarpone or ricotta

Preparation

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Serves 2

Mascarpone is a great standby for making an almost-instant dessert. Here, its creamy richness is cut by the sharpness of the blackberries

Oval in shape, with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile fruits…

, melted

Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…

Toss the blackberries, caster sugar and 1 tbsp of the lemon juice in a small pan. Heat gently for 3-4 mins or until the berries start to burst. Leave to cool.

Meanwhile, mix together the crushed biscuits and melted butter. Spoon into 2 glasses. Gently fold the rest of the lemon juice, the lemon zest and icing sugar into the mascarpone or ricotta. Divide the lemony cheese between the glasses, then spoon over the blackberries and their syrupy juices.

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