Quick and Easy Blood Orange Mini Cheesecakes are a brilliant dessert made with very little effort. There’s a buttery crisp biscuit base, light, and creamy cheesecake and blood orange topping, all contained in a little glass ramekin.
What is a blood orange?
The blood orange is a variety of orange with crimson coloured flesh. The dark-coloured flesh develops with low nighttime temperatures and is high in antioxidant pigments. The flesh and juice are sweet and delicious.
What can I use if I can’t get Blood Oranges?
Blood Oranges are only available in the early months of the year, so if you can’t source them you can substitute sweet oranges to make the Blood Orange Mini Cheesecakes.
Make Quick and Easy Blood Orange Mini Cheesecakes
I turn to this recipe when I want a dessert that looks and tastes good but is quick and easy to prepare.
Make the cheesecake base
Crush the biscuits (cookies) and mix with melted butter, then divide between the ramekins.
For the Cheesecake filling
Mix together Greek yogurt, honey and the zest from the blood oranges. Divide this between the ramekins and chill in the fridge.
Prepare the orange topping
While the cheesecakes chill cut the oranges into segments, set aside. Catch any juice from the oranges and put this into a small pan with the sugar. Heat gently until the sugar has melted, then boil until you have a syrup. Add the orange segments and leave to cool.
To Serve
Remove the Mini Cheesecake desserts from the fridge and top with a few segments of orange. Drizzle over the syrup and serve.
More Blood Orange Recipes from Farmersgirl Kitchen
Brilliant Blood Orange and Pineapple Mini-Pavlovas are brilliant because they are only 200 kcal per portion.
Fennel and Orange Salad combines blood oranges, fennel and grapefruit in a delicious winter salad.
More Blood Orange recipes
Kale and Blood Orange Cake – Veggie Desserts
Blood Orange Salad with Avocado, Radish and Dill – Family Friends Food
Pan Fried Hake with Sauce Maltaise & Purple Sprouting Broccoli – Natural Kitchen Adventures
Blood Orange Squash – Tin & Thyme
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Quick and Easy Blood Orange Mini Cheesecakes
Ingredients
- 8 digestive biscuits
- 60 g butter
- 450 g Skyr or thick Greek yogurt
- 50 g honey
- 1 orange grated zest
- 2 blood oranges segmented
- 50 g sugar
- 6 small ramekins
Instructions
- Place the biscuits in a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin
- Melt the butter and mix with the crushed biscuits
- Divide the biscuit mixture between the ramekins and press down with a teaspoon
- Mix the skyr or Greek yogurt with the honey and orange zest
- Divide the mixture between the ramekins, then chill in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
- Meanwhile peel the blood oranges and cut out the segments and place in a bowl, catch any juice from the oranges and place in a small saucepan, add the sugar and heat gently until melted.
- Bring the sugar syrup to a boil and boil for 4 minutes until syrupy, take off the heat add the orange segments, set aside to cool.
- To serve, remove the ramekins from the fridge and add 2-3 orange segments and a teaspoon of juice on top of the cheesecake.
Notes
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This looks lush, Janice. I LOVE blood oranges, even popping some in the freezer for a little bit to make a one-ingredient sorbet. This looks almost as easy, and nice mix of sweet and tangy. Yummed, PInned and Flipped 🙂
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Kellie, they are little miracles 🙂
Choclette says
Wow Janice. The colour of those oranges is amazing. The only ones I’ve managed to get hold of this year have been a rather disappointing shade of mostly orange. Your cheesecakes are a great idea, such an easy and delicious dessert. That grater makes short work of zesting.
Janice Pattie says
We seem to have had really good blood oranges this year, so I’ve been making the most of them.
Lucy says
I love the look of these Janice, the colour fromthe blood oranges is so vivid. Your grater looks excellent too. A perfect dessert for the weekend!
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Lucy, I love the deep colour you get with blood oranges.
Ceri Jones says
I’ve been totally obsessed with blood orange this year, so these look just perfect!
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Ceri, me too!
Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs says
WOW your oranges were REALLY bloody 😛 I mean red! They look fantastic. I love cheesecake and it can only be made better by delicious seasonal citrus!
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Emma, I’ve been buying blood oranges every week this month, just love them!
Heidi Roberts says
I only had blood oranges once and they were tart – need to try again.
Janice Pattie says
Oh no, I guess it’s like all oranges, some are delicious and others not so good.
Sylvia @ Happiness is homemade says
I love blood orange, haven’t had one for ages and your cheesecake makes me want to reach through the screen and snatch one little pot for myself 🙂
Janice Pattie says
Aw thanks, we certainly enjoyed them
DANIELLE VEDMORE says
Looks devine! I love blood oranges – so sweet and juicy! I do struggle to find them though.
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Danielle. I got my blood oranges at Tesco, they call them ‘red’, some other supermarkets call them ‘blush’ so you may find them if you look for these alternative names!