No-Bake Lucuma Cheesecake

It didn’t quite hit 100 today in DC, but it was pretty close.  Everything was cooking at the Van Ness Farmers’ Market,  and besides the usual Sonny’s BBQ and veggies & fruit (unusual today: orange watermelon, yellow Italian tomatoes) the lucumo (loo-ku-mah) folks were back, Lucmo & Polo. They had some delicious cookies, and the alfajores with lucuma cream looked especially yummy. We had some of the gelato before, but this time we bought the lucuma powder.  They treated us well as repeat customers.

 

Lucuma is high in beta carotene, niacin, and other B vitamins — it’s also high in fiber.

This no-bake cheesecake was nice and light.  It’s hard to describe the flavor – caramel custard? vanilla? Maybe a bit of maple.

Recipe By     : “Adapted from: Creamy Chilled Cheesecake Recipe, Philadelphia Cream Cheese Cheesecakes”
Serving Size  : 9     Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Desserts & Puddings

Amount  Measure       Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1                cup  graham cracker crumbs
1/4           cup  sugar
1/4           cup  butter
1            package  unflavored gelatin
1/4           cup  cold water
8             ounces  cream cheese
1/2           cup  sugar
3/4           cup  milk
1/4           cup  water
4        tablespoons  lucuma powder
1                cup  whipping cream

Combine crumbs, sugar, and margarine; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.

Soften gelatin in water; stir over low heat unitl dissolved.

Dissolve the lucuma powder in water.

Combine cream cheese, lucuma and sugar, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended.

Chill until slightly thickened; fold in whipped cream. Pour over crust; chill until firm.