Lime Delicious Cheesecake

Total Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/4 cups zwieback toast crumbs
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/3 cup margarine, melted
• 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
• 1/4 cup water, cold
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 3 large eggs, separated
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons lime peel, grated
• 16 ounces lowfat neufchatel cheese, soft
• 2 cups whipped topping, thawed

Recipe

• 1 combine crumbs, sugar and margarine; press onto bottom of 9-inch spring- form pan.
• 2 bake at 325 degrees f., 10 minutes.
• 3 cool.
• 4 soften gelatin in water, stir over low heat until dissolved.
• 5 add juice, egg yolks, 1/4 c sugar and peel; cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat 5 minutes.
• 6 cool.
• 7 gradually add gelatin mixture to the softened light neufchatel cheese, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer, until well blended.
• 8 stir in a few drops of green food coloring, if desired.
• 9 beat egg whites until foamy; gradually add remaining sugar, beating until stiff peaks form fold egg whites and whipped topping into neufchatel cheese mixture, pour over crust.
• 10 chill until firm.
• 11 garnish with additional lime peel, if desired.