Ingredients

  • 35 grams Plain biscuits (cookies)
  • 20 grams Butter (salted is fine)
  • 100 grams Cream cheese
  • 30 grams Granulated sugar
  • 100 ml Heavy cream
  • 1 tbsp Lemon juice (bottled is fine)
  • 4 grams Powdered gelatin
  • 1 large Citrus fruits (orange, iyokan, decopon, etc.)
  • 30 grams Granulated sugar
  • 2 grams Powdered gelatin

Method

  • Measure the ingredients.
  • Crush the biscuits.
  • Soak the 4 g and 2 g of gelatin separately in water.
  • Grease the mold with butter (not listed).
  • Melt butter in the microwave and mix with the crushed biscuits until well blended.
  • When it comes together, pack it down on the bottom of the cake mold tightly.
  • I do this by covering my hand in plastic wrap and pressing.
  • Chill in the refrigerator until firm.
  • If you are in a hurry, chill in the freezer.
  • (You don't need a paper lining if you are using a 15 cm diameter mold.)
  • Microwave the cream cheese briefly to soften, and beat with a handheld mixer.
  • Add sugar and fresh cream in several batches while mixing.
  • Add lemon juice also, and mix until smooth.
  • When the batter increases to about 1.5 times its original volume and is smooth, turn off the mixer.
  • Warm the 4 g of softened gelatin in the microwave, and add it little by little to the batter while mixing.
  • When the gelatin is mixed in well, pour the batter into the mold.
  • Smooth out the surface by using a spatula or shaking it a bit.
  • Chill to set in the refrigerator.
  • (It should take around 3 hours.)
  • If the cream cheese is too cold in Step 6, the gelatin may coagulate and become grainy.
  • In the wintertime, warm the cream cheese mixture until lukewarm by holding the bowl over a pan of hot water or microwaving it briefly.
  • Use whatever citrus fruit you like.
  • The three listed above are recommended!
  • This is iyokan.
  • Peel the membranes.
  • Shred apart half the pulp finely, and the other half in bigger chunks.
  • Add 30 g of sugar and mix.
  • When the cheesecake from Step 7 has set, add enough water so that it comes up to 200 ml.
  • Heat 2 g of gelatin and add to the pulp mix.
  • When it's cold, heat the citrus pulp to about body temperature before adding the gelatin.
  • Cool the jello well.
  • (Put the bottom of the bowl over another bowl of cold water and mix, or chill in the refrigerator.)
  • Pour the jello over the cheesecake.
  • Scatter the larger chunks of citrus chunks evenly while you cover the top of the cheesecake completely.
  • Work gently so that you don't poke holes into the cheesecake.
  • Chill in the refrigerator for another 3 hours, and it's done.
  • It's hard to unmold the cake right after it comes out of the refrigerator, so leave it at room temperature for a while.
  • Cut through for a nice look at the three different layers.
  • To soften the gelatin, add 3 to 4 times its weight in water.
  • Be sure to soften the gelatin in water first, and then heat it up to body temperature.