Mandarin - Orange Cheese cake

By dawn716

Ingredients

• 1 C GRAHAM CRACKER CRUMBS
• 5 T SUGAR
• 5 T SOFT BUTTER
• 1 SMALL PKG LEMON JELLO
• 1 C BOILING WATER
• 1 PKG CREME CHEESE
• 1 t VANILLA
• 1/2 C SUGAR
• 1 C WHIPPED CREAM
• 1 CAN MANDARINE ORANGES
• 1/2 C JUICE FROM MANDARINE ORANGES
• 1 T LEMON JUICE
• 2 t UNFLAVORED GELATIN

Details

Servings 10
Adapted from recipehub.com

Preparation

Step 1

Mix together cracker crumbs, 5 tbsp granulated sugar and soft butter.

Press into a the bottom and slightly up the sides of a spring mold
Bake for 8 minutes at 350*
Remove and cool.

Dissolve the lemon gelatin in boiling water.

Cool.

Be careful, you don't want it to set completely! mix together cream cheese, ½ cup of granulated sugar and vanilla extract.

When the lemon gelatin is about half-set, mix carefully into the cheese mixture, little by little.

Fold in the whipped cream and pour into the mold over the crumb shell.

Cool for about 1 hour.

Drain the mandarin oranges well, reserving ½ cup of the juice.

Add lemon juice.

Warm up the juice and dissolve the flavourless gelatin in it.

Cool, stirring occasionally.

Arrange the orange sections on top of the cheesecake in a pattern.

Gently spoon or brush the mandarin gelatin over the top.

Cool until set.

Remove the sides from the mold and serve.