Osmanthus Lychee Jelly Cheesecake

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this Osmanthus Lychee Jelly Cheesecake recipe that offers a delicious oriental twist to classic strawberry cheesecake jelly hearts.

Made with Eu Yan Sang’s Osmanthus Ruby Tea and Organic Barbary Wolfberries, this Osmanthus Lychee Jelly Cheesecake recipe is the perfect chilled dessert to end your meal on a good note! Eu Yan Sang’s Herbal Cookies Oatmeal with Goji was used as the base, but feel free to substitute with shortbread or graham crackers or your favourite cookie base. 

Organic Barbary Wolfberries (also known as Goji Berries) are known to help nourish the ‘Yin’, also known as blood health, and improve visual acuity. Other health benefits also include naturally enhancing your immune system! Find out more about the benefits and uses of the Goji Berry here¹.

Sitting atop the crunchy cookie base, comes the smooth, velvety cream cheese layer, followed by a refreshing top jelly layer made with brewed Osmanthus Ruby Tea and fresh lychee – It’s hard not to love this mouth-watering combi!
 
Ingredients used in recipe
Serving: 1

• 200 g Eu Yan Sang Herbal Cookies Oatmeal with Goji
• 100 g Butter (melted)
• 170 g Cream cheese (softened)
• 30 g Icing sugar
• 80 ml Milk
• 1 tsp Gelatine powder
• 40 ml Whipping cream
• 750 ml Lychee water
• 2 bags Eu Yan Sang Osmanthus Ruby Tea
• 10 g Eu Yan Sang Organic Barbary Wolfberry Fruit
• 6 tsp Gelatine powder
• 9 Lychees
• 8x8 inch detachable tin

 
Directions

1. In a food processor, add Eu Yan Sang Herbal Cookies Oatmeal with Goji and blitz until fine.
2. Transfer crumbs into a mixing bowl and add in melted butter. Mix well until it forms a heavy paste.
3. Transfer crumbs to a 8x8 inch detachable tin and use a spoon to flatten the base evenly. Refrigerate.
4. Microwave milk until hot, add gelatine powder and mix well.
5. In a clean food processor, add in cream cheese, milk mixture, icing sugar and whipping cream, blitz until smooth.
6. Remove mould from fridge and pour cream cheese mixture over cookie base. Spread evenly.
7. Lay lychees evenly in rows letting it sit in the cheese mixture. Refrigerate.
8. In a saucepan, add lychee water and bring to boil, turn off heat, add 10g Eu Yan Sang Organic Barbary Wolfberry Fruit and 2 bags Eu Yan Sang Osmanthus Ruby Tea leave to sit for 10 minutes.
9. Remove tea bags and add gelatine powder, mix well to dissolve. Leave to cool to room temperature.
10. Remove mould from fridge and pour in jelly mixture. Spread wolfberries out evenly and refrigerate at least 4 hours to overnight.
11. Cut jelly cheesecakes up and refrigerate.

Recipe credits: Meatmen Channel https://themeatmen.sg/osmanthus-lychee-jelly-cheesecake/
References used in article:
¹All Things Health. (n.d.). Barbary Woflberry Fruit (Goji Berry). Retrieved from All Things Health: https://www.allthingshealth.com/en-us/glossary/goji-berry/