Green Tea Cheesecake with Raspberries and Raspberry-Mint Tisane

Name: Green Tea Cheesecake with Raspberries and Raspberry-Mint Tisane
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams packages cream cheese, room temperature (do not use whipped or light products); 4 larges eggs; 1 bunch fresh mint; 118 milliliters (packed) fromage blanc; 1 pint fresh golden raspberries; 1 pint fresh red raspberries; 177 milliliters sugar; 2 teaspoons Japanese green tea powder** or 2 teaspoons finely ground green tea from about 4 tea bags; 8 servings Boiling water

One serving contains 378 calories, 8g of protein, and 22g of fat. This recipe serves 8. If you have cream cheese, raspberries, mint, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325°F. Press cookie crumbs firmly onto bottom (not sides) of 8-inch-diameter springform pan. Wrap outside of pan tightly with 3 layers of heavy-duty foil. Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese, fromage blanc, and sugar in large bowl until smooth.

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Cookie Crumbs

Cream Cheese

Sugar

Wrap

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Hand Mixer

Springform Pan

Bowl

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Add eggs 1 at a time, beating until incorporated after each addition. Beat in green tea powder until smooth.

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Matcha

Egg

Pour batter over prepared crust in pan.

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Crust

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Frying Pan

Place cakein roasting pan; add enough hot water to roasting pan to come halfway up sides of springform pan.

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Water

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Springform Pan

Roasting Pan

Bake cake until set but center moves very slightly when pan is gently shaken, about 1 hour.

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Oven

Frying Pan

Remove cake from roasting pan; cool 1 hour at room temperature. Refrigerate uncovered overnight. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and keep refrigerated.)

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Roasting Pan

Place 5 raspberries (mix of red and golden) and 3 mint leaves in each of 8 heatproof glasses. Fill glasses with boiling water; let steep 5 minutes.

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Mint

Raspberries

Water

Cut around pan sides to loosen cake; remove sides.

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Frying Pan

Place cake on platter.

Garnish cake with some raspberries.

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Raspberries

Cut cake into wedges.

Serve each piece with a few raspberries and a glass of tisane.

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Raspberries

*Fromage blanc is available at some supermarkets, cheese stores, and specialty foods stores.

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Cheese

**Green tea powder is available at Japanese markets.

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Matcha

The tisane doesn't really need sweetening, but serving it with rock candy swizzle sticks (available at candy stores and candyeveryday.com) adds a touch of whimsy.

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Candy