No-Bake Banana Cheesecake

A very simple and quick recipe for a delicious dessert! Banana cheesecake is a dish that is prepared without an oven. You will need the most common products — shortbread cookies and fresh cottage cheese. The taste of fresh banana gives the cheesecake a pleasant and refreshing note. The dessert is perfect for hot summer days.
cook time: 3h
Zoe Kendrick
No-Bake Banana Cheesecake

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

289
Calories
13g
Fat
23g
Carbs
6g
Protein

Ingredients (8 portions)

For the base:

Ready shortbread cookies 200 g
Butter 80 g

For filling:

Cottage cheese 200 g
Sour cream 100 g
Gelatin 10 g
Water 100 ml
Bananas 2 pc
Sugar 50 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make banana cheesecake? Prepare your food. Any fresh shortbread will do, for example, “Jubilee”, “Baked Milk”. You can also bake it yourself. It is better to take cottage cheese and sour cream with high fat content (I have cottage cheese 9%, sour cream 20% fat). Take high quality dairy products, without vegetable substitutes. Bananas are ripe, but not overripe.

Step 2

Step 2
Grind the selected shortbread cookies into crumbs using any convenient method (blender, rolling pin, hands, food processor). Melt the butter and cool. Read how to do this at the end of the recipe. In a deep bowl, combine crushed cookies and melted butter, stir until everything is smooth.

Step 3

Step 3
Take a springform pan for dessert; it will be the most convenient for preparing cheesecake. I use a mold with a diameter of 18 centimeters. Place the butter crumbs in the mold and tamp them down well either with your hands or with the flat bottom of a glass. You can make a rimmed cheesecake by spreading some of the crumbs around the edges of the pan. Place the pan with the base in the refrigerator.

Step 4

Step 4
Prepare the gelling mixture according to the instructions on the package. I have instant gelatin, pour boiling water over it, mix thoroughly until completely dissolved, and then cool to room temperature. Read about other ways to work with gelatin at the end of the recipe.

Step 5

Step 5
In a deep bowl or blender bowl, mix fresh cottage cheese, sour cream, sugar, chopped bananas without skin. Puree everything into a homogeneous mass using a blender. If you don’t have one, then rub the cottage cheese through a sieve and then mix the products with a spoon. In this case, mash the bananas with a fork.

Step 6

Step 6
Pour gelatin into the curd and sour cream mixture, mix thoroughly and pour everything into a mold with a sand base. Place the cheesecake in the refrigerator until the filling is completely set, at least 3-4 hours. To ensure that the cheesecake comes out of the mold well, you can first grease it with oil, cover it with foil or cling film (then the edges will not be very smooth, like mine).

Step 7

Step 7
Carefully remove the finished cheesecake from the mold, remove the film and place on a plate. You can decorate it to your liking: sliced banana pieces, chopped nuts, pour over melted chocolate or caramel. Bon appetit!

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