No Bake Lemon Cheesecake with Strawberries

No Bake Lemon Cheesecake with Strawberries

Filling:

1 envelope unflavored gelatin

1/4 C. cold water

1 10 oz. package frozen strawberries in syrup thawed

In a small saucepan sprinkle 1 envelope of gelatin over the cold water. Place over very low heat and stir 1 – 2 minutes until gelatin is dissolved. Remove from heat and stir in strawberries. Mix well. Refrigerate for 10 – 15 minutes or until mixture is the consistency of egg whites.

Cheesecake:

1 envelope unflavored gelatin

2/3 C. cold water

1/3 C. fresh lemon juice

12 oz. cream cheese softened

1/2 C. sugar

1/2 C. sour cream

1 t. grated lemon peel

1 purchased graham cracker pie crust

In a small saucepan sprinkle gelatin over the cold water. Let set 1 minute and then over low heat stir 1 – 2 minutes, until gelatin is dissolved. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice.

In a large bowl, beat together cream cheese, sour cream, sugar and lemon peel. Blend well. Stir in the gelatin mixture, mix well. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until the consistency of egg whites.

To assemble cheesecake, pour half of the lemon filling in the crust. Pour strawberry filling over the lemon. Top with the remaining lemon mixture. Pull a knife thru all the layers of the pie to swirl the strawberry filling thru the cream cheese mixture.

Refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight.