橘子乳酪蛋糕 Mandarin Cheese Cake

女儿生日做了这个蛋糕给她。
11年了，好快。
11年前，医院里的一切历历在目。
记忆还是非常清晰。
每当想起生产后发生的一切，我的心跳都会加速，为自己捏了把冷汗。
当然一切还是顺利的过去了。
女儿也健康的长大。
处于青春期的她常常让我想起自己年轻的日子。
尤其当他问起一些事，或做一些类似我以前做过的事情；
这一切都会让我回想当年。
我已经可以说，我给了她一个美丽开心的童年。
我希望未来的10年我同样能让她拥有一个健康快乐的青春期。
那么我的人生应该也没有什么遗憾了。
孩子，生日快乐，愿你生心灵都富足。

Recipe Adapted from Helena's Kitchen
Crust:

• 10 Arnott’s shredded wheatmeal biscuits
• 60g pistachio
• 2 tablespoons (packed) golden brown sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Filling:

• 1/4 cup water
• 15g gelatin powder
• 340g Philadelphia-brand cream cheese, room temperature
• 250g heavy whipping cream
• 140g caster sugar
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 can (310g) mandarine segments in syrup 

Method

For crust:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Blend first 4 ingredients in processor until crackers are finely ground. Add melted butter and vanilla; process until moist crumbs form.
2. Press crumb mixture onto 8-inch-diameter springform pan. Bake crust until deep golden brown, about 15 minutes. Cool.

For filling:


1. Pour 1/4 cup mandarine syrup into small saucepan; sprinkle gelatin over. Let stand 10 minutes. Stir over very low heat just until gelatin dissolves. Set aside.
2. Blend cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice in processor until smooth (about 2-3 minutes on medium speed). With machine running, add warm gelatin mixture through feed tube and blend well. Turn the mixer speed to low. Add in cream and beat until mixture is well combine. Stir in mandarine segments and pour filling into crust. Chill until set about 4 hours.

Topping: Mandarin Jelly

Ingredients:

• 1 can (310g) mandarine segments in syrup (Discard the syrup and puree the mandarine)
• 7g gelatin powder
• 2tbsp water
• 2 drops orange food colouring

Method:

1. Make mandarine jelly. Add gelatin powder to 2tbsp water in a small bowl. Stand for a few minutes. Microwave for 10 sec to melt the gelatin.
2. Puree mandarine segments and sieve through to get 200ml of mandarine juice. (Or for easier, just get the store bought mandarin juice).
3. Add in melted gelatin. Stir well and pour over cheesecake. Set in the fridge overnight.
4. Deco your cake with some mandarine segments and chocolate.
5. Served cold.