There is a great fruit and veggie shop in my town. I love it because most of their produce is local (from their own farm up the road) and they sell fruit and veg that is unique and unusual – heirloom tomatoes, persimmons, pomegranates, baby zucchinis…you get the idea.

So when I was in there the other day and saw some dragonfruit with a recipe for Dragonfruit Cheesecake, I couldn’t resist.

I followed the Dragonfruit Cheesecake recipe but my cheesecake was more of a dragonfruit mousse – thanks to the lack of gelatine (I forgot to put it in!). However, this didn’t matter to my taste buds… it still tasted delicious.

Dragonfruit Cheesecake Recipe

Ingredients

• 150g gingernut biscuits
• 50g butter, melted
• 1 large dragonfruit
• 100g white chocolate
• Juice of 1/2 lime
• 1 sachet of gelatine
• 200g cream cheese
• 100g greek yogurt
• 1 1/2 tbs caster sugar

Method

– Crush the bikkies and mix with the melted butter. (I first let my little one crush some bikkies in a bag then I whizzed them up in the food processor, added the butter, and whizzed everything together again till it came together)

– Push mixture into a springform tin. (Tip: Use a small one – 20cms . I used a medium one – 24cms and there wasn’t much height in the cake… umm mousse). Put in the fridge to set.

– Peel and mash dragonfruit flesh.

– Melt your chocolate.

– Whisk cream cheese with sugar in a large bowl. Then whisk in the lime juice. yogurt and chocolate.

– Here comes the fun part… You have this pristine white mixture in the bowl. Now you will be adding the vibrant mashed dragonfruit. This is such a visual treat….it looked awesome mixing the two!

– Now this is where I forgot the gelatine. Add in the gelatine and stir it into the mixture. (Follow the directions on the packet)

– Pour over your base and chill!

What I was expecting was a cheesecake. But like I said, it turned out more like a mousse!  If you do fancy making a Dragonfruit Cheesecake and do put the gelatine in (and it looks like a cheescake is supposed to look), please let me know!