High Protein Cheesecake
High protein desserts like this high protein cheesecake, are the way to go when you want to enjoy your treats and keep your protein high. This strategy keeps you full so you are less likely to overeat.It helps when high protein desserts are also delicious!
Ingredients
- 32 oz 900g farmers cheese
- 8 eggs
- 8 oz 250g non fat greek yogurt
- 6 oz 165 g powdered sugar
- 2 oz 50g semolina flour
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Separate the Eggs
- Whip the Egg Whites
- Mix the Yolks with Sugar, and add Yogurt gradually
- Process farmers cheese in a food processor to make it smooth
- Add the Farmers Cheese a bit a time
- Add Semolina flour and incorporate
- Fold in the Egg Whites
- Prepare a springform baking Pan (9inch) by greasing it with butter and sprinkling bread crumbs. Or you can just line it with parchments paper
- Bake the cheesecake at 350°F (175°C) for about 60 minutes.
- Turn the oven off and crack it open slightly for the cheesecake to cool
Chocolate Ganache
- While the cheesecake cools, I make a simple chocolate ganache.
- For the ganache, all you need is chocolate (dark or milk) and whipped cream.
- Melt the chocolate over a double boiler (a glass bowl over a pot of simmering water works wonders)
- Add in the cream to make it thinner
- Spread over the cheesecake