The colour of this easy no bake blueberry and lemon cheesecake has to be seen to be believed! Learn the secret to getting a vivid purple colour in a cheesecake without having to resort to colourings. This cake looks like a lot of effort but is super simple and not too sweet! Her name is Deborah.
The key to getting the bright, deep purple colour in this cheesecake is to roast the blueberries until their juices run out. You can use frozen blueberries too because fresh blueberries can be very expensive here. All you need then is some cream cheese, ricotta, sugar, vanilla and lemon juice and you have your deep purple cheesecake filling that is as light as a feather!
I gave this cake to a lovely lady Deb who was looking after Mochi for a day. When I first met Deb, she talked about wanting to cook but as she lives alone I can understand how cooking for yourself might not be as exciting as cooking for others. I thought that perhaps she'd like a cake made for her instead. I always try to give Mochi sitters edible gifts. I call it a thank you present, others may call it an edible bribe ;)
Speaking of bribes, I have told you about the recent situations in Peru in which I thought that Peru was trying to kill me (the anaphylactic shock, the hotel fire (that's another story)). Well they say that trouble comes in threes and I am here to attest that it really did while we were there.
On the night before our tour started, I went to pick up two guests from the airport. Everything was going well, I just wanted them to get to the hotel with plenty of time to rest for the next day. They were the loveliest couple called Viv and Peter from South Africa.
We turned one corner and there was a traffic stop where they asked the van to pull over for a moment to check something. Papers were handed over, my Spanish (which mainly extends to understanding food Spanish) failed me but I could read the gestures as the driver and Peruvian guide got a touch more irritated. I heard the word "turista" or tourist a lot and they pointed back at us a bit.
"Guys, we have to follow them back to the police station," Pablo the guide said.
I was mortified. This was the introduction to Peru for our guests who were remarkably calm and very good natured about it all. We followed the police motorbike to the station where it became obvious that the magical words "turista" meant to the police that the driver and guide would pay quickly to make the situation go away. Our guide called his company to authorise a bribe and within 15 minutes, we were on our way with our lovely guests in tow. In this case, I don't think cake would have sufficed, only cash!
So tell me Dear Reader, do you find cooking for one less exciting than cooking for others? And have you ever had to pay a bribe?
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