Cocoa Cottage Cheesecake

Submitted by PumpKIM

"A lower cal, higher protein cheesecake."

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 10 vanilla wafer cookies
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1 3⁄4 cups cottage cheese
• 1⁄3 cup cocoa powder
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1 (1 ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F.
2. Stir together finely crushed vanilla wafer cookies, 1 Tbsp cocoa powder and 1 Tbsp melted butter.
3. Press onto bottom of 8-inch springform pan.
4. Bake 5 minutes or until set. Cool completely on wire rack.
5. Place cottage cheese in a food processor or blender; process until smooth.
6. Stir together cocoa, sugar and gelatin in saucepan; stir in 1/2 cup milk.
7. Let stand 5 minutes to soften gelatin. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until gelatin is completely dissolved; remove from heat.
8. Add gelatin mixture and vanilla to cottage cheese in food processor; blend well.
9. Pour onto crust and refrigerate for 4 hours.

Reviews

[joanna_giselle]

Oh dear, something went wrong with this recipe. Although I followed it exactly there was far too much gelatin resulting in a rubbery texture and overpowering gelatin flavour. I used 1 ounce= 30grams which worked out to be 2 and a half sachets but it was the powder not the sheets. The recipe didn't specify and it didn't occur to me to reduce the powdered form. It would have been ok with 1 sachet or around 12grams I think. I may try this again later. Edited: I made this again with 1 satchet of gelatin and it was much better and quite nice. I didn't like it as much as a cream cheese based cheesecake though it's a good recipe if you want something healthier.