Orange Diabetic Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 1 cup soft whole wheat bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup natural bran
- 1/4 cup brown sugar substitute
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoon butter
- Filling:
- 1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin
- 1/3 cup water
- 2 cups low fat cottage cheese
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 1 teaspoon orange rind
- 1 small banana
- 2 tablespoon white sugar substitute
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 small orange
- 8 single strawberries or grapes
How to make it
- Combine all crust ingredients except butter then with fingers rib in butter to make crumbly mix.
- Press into bottom of spring form pan.
- In small saucepan sprinkle gelatin over water and allow to stand about 5 minutes to soften.
- Place over low heat stirring until gelatin dissolves then allow to cool to room temperature.
- Combine cottage cheese, juice, rind, banana, sweetener, lemon juice and dissolved gelatin.
- Puree until smooth then pour into prepared crust then cover and chill 44 hours.
- At serving time remove side from pan then slip cheesecake off bottom of pan onto serving plate.
- Peel orange removing pith and thin membrane then remove sections.
- Slice strawberries or grapes then arrange on top of cheesecake along with orange slices.