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Grapefruit Cheesecake

Bright, tangy and beautifully blush — silky baked cheesecake with a glossy grapefruit glaze ✨

Ingredients

  • 200g digestive biscuits, crushed
  • 100g butter, melted
  • 500g cream cheese, room temp
  • 150g sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 200ml sour cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • Juice of 2 grapefruit
  • Zest of 1 grapefruit
  • 150ml grapefruit juice (for the glaze)
  • 2 tbsp sugar (for the glaze)
  • Grapefruit segments, to decorate

How to make it

  1. Mix crushed biscuits with melted butter, press into a 20cm springform pan and bake 10 min at 180°C.
  2. Beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs, sour cream, vanilla, cornstarch, grapefruit juice and grapefruit zest until smooth.
  3. Pour over the crust and bake 50 min at 160°C until just set. Cool, then chill 4 hours.
  4. Heat the 150ml grapefruit juice with the 2 tbsp sugar until slightly thickened, cool, then pour the glaze over the cheesecake.
  5. Top with grapefruit segments, slice and serve.