MANGO AND COCONUT CHEESECAKES
Ingredients
- 200ml/7fl oz double cream
- 2 tbsp mascarpone cheese
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 75g/2¾oz flaked almonds
- 100g/3½oz desiccated coconut
- 100g/3½oz flaked almonds
- 100g/3½oz desiccated coconut
- 55g/2oz butter
- melted
- ½ mango
- peeled and finely chopped
- 1 tbsp honey
- small pinch chilli flakes
Directions
- For the cheesecake
- whisk the cream with an electric hand whisk until ribbons are left when you lift the whisk out of the cream. Fold in the mascarpone
- sugar
- flaked almonds and desiccated coconut and place into the fridge to chill.
- Meanwhile
- for the base
- combine the base ingredients in a bowl and mix well to break up the almonds slightly. Press into the base of two 10cm/4in chefs' rings.
- Remove the cheesecake mixture from the fridge and use to almost fill the chefs' rings
- leaving a 1cm/½in gap at the top.
- For the mango topping
- mix together the mango
- honey and chilli in a bowl and spoon on top of the cheesecakes. Level off the tops with a palette knife and chill in the fridge for ten minutes.
- To serve
- remove the cheesecakes from the fridge. Holding the outside of the rings with a hot cloth
- place the cheesecakes onto serving plates and slide off the rings.

