Ginger lime cheesecake

While patiently waiting for summer and the many fruits it brings, I prepared this refreshing, summer-y cheesecake. The choice of in-season fruit is at present very limited, so I focused on the citrus family. Lime has a truly lovely, fresh aroma - I made the cake on Wednesday evening; it is Saturday today and the kitchen still smells wonderfully.

Ginger Lime Cheesecake

Ingredients

350 g digestive cookies

1 tbsp fresh ground ginger

500 g mascarpone cheese

4-5 limes (juice and zest)

50 g butter

Confectioners' sugar (about 10 tbsp)

In a medium size bowl grind the biscuits to smooth crumbs, and mix in the fresh ginger. In a separate saucepan melt the butter over low heat, and add it to the crumbs. Gently mix until the crumbs keep together when pressed with the back of a spoon. Transfer the crumbs to the bottom of your pan, and press and flatten them with your hands. Refrigerate for half an hour or until you prepare the cream.

Place the mascarpone into a large bowl, and mix with the icing sugar. Zest and then juice the limes. Add the lime juice and about one-third of zest (save some for sprinkling later) to the sugar and mascarpone mix. Spoon onto the cookie base and smooth out with a spatula. Freeze for an hour and chill in the fridge for 15 minutes before serving.


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U iščekivanju ljeta i boljeg izbora voća, pripremila sam ovu osvježavajuću tortu od sira. U ovoj sezoni, izbor voća je reduciran, a ja se trudim da ne kupujem vansezonsko. Limeta ima zaista divnu aromu - kolač sam pravila u srijedu navečer; sad je subota a kuhinja još uvijek miriše.

Torta od sira sa đumbirom i limetom 

Sastojci

350 g digestive keksa
1 kašika svježe naribanog đumbira
500 g mascarpone sira
4-5 limeta (sok i korica)
50 g maslaca

Šećer u prahu (oko 10 kašika) 

U zdjeli srednje veličine izmrvite kekse i dodajte im svježi đumbir. Istopite maslac na laganoj temperaturi i dodajte ga mrvicama. Lagano izmiješajte dok mrvice počnu da se lijepe skupa. Istresite smjesu na dno pleha za pečenje, te je pritisnite i poravnajte rukama. Stavite u frižider na pola sata ili dok pripremite kremu.

U većoj zdjeli pomiješajte mascarpone sir sa šećerom u prahu. Naribajte koricu limeta a zatim ih iscijedite. Mješavini sira i šećera dodajte sok i oko trećinu naribane korice (ostavite dio za dekoraciju na kraju). Premažite kremom kekse i zamrznite cheesecake na jedan sat. Prije serviranje čuvajte kratko u frižideru.