No Bake Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 2 eggs separated
- 1 cup milk
- 2 envelopes unflavoured gelatin
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 3 cup creamed cottage cheese
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- unbacked crumb crust
- 1 cup heavy cream
- chopped nuts or canned fruit for garnish
Instructions
In small bowl, beat egg yolks with milk until mixed; in 2-quart saucepan, stir gelatin with sugar and salt. Stir yolk mixture into gelatin mixture. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until mixture thickens and coats spoon. Remove from heat; add lemon peel; cool. Into large bowl, press cottage cheese through sieve; add lemon juice and vanilla. Add gelatin mixture. Chill about 30 minutes, stirring until mixture mounds when dropped from spoon. Meanwhile, press half of crust mixture in bottom of 9-inch springform pan. In small bowl with mixer at high speed, beat egg whites just until stiff peaks form; spoon onto gelatin mixture. Beat cream until soft peak form; spoon onto egg whites; fold egg whites and cream into gelatin mixture. Pour gelatin mixture into prepared springform pan. Sprinkle top with remaining crumb mixture and refrigerate until firm.