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Recipe

Edward’s Recipes

Passiona jelly cheesecake

By

Edward

Edward writes from a prison in NSW.

Passiona Jelly

Cost and Ingredients

  • Passiona Can: $1.30
  • Instant Pudding: $1.71

Total cost: $3.21

Method

  1. Place Instant Pudding into a bowl slowly add Passiona to the mix until it is all mixed together.

Cheese Cake Cups

Cost and Ingredients

  • 1 Cheese Triangle (two if you would prefer): $2.31 each
  • ½ Packet of scotch finger biscuits: $2
  • 3.75ml Passiona Jelly: $3.21
  • 2 Tbsp margarine: $0

Total cost: $8.02

Method

  1. Place cheese triangles into a bowl and heat for 20 seconds.
  2. Slowly add Passiona Jelly until combined, and save some of the jelly for the topping.
  3. Crush scotch fingers and butter and microwave for 20 seconds.
  4. Mix the scotch fingers and butter together.
  5. Place biscuit mix into four rice cups pressing down to flatten the base.
  6. Add the Passiona Cheese mix and pour small amounts of the jelly as a topping.
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