Coeur A La Creme For Diabetics

Total Time: 28 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 28 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups plain nonfat yogurt
• 2 cups fat-free ricotta cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest (or orange if you prefer)
• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 cups strawberries, hulled and sliced

Recipe

• 1 using a food processor or electric mixer, combine the yogurt and ricotta cheese; process until smooth.
• 2 line a colander or basket with a double layer of cheese cloth, letting cloth hang over the edges.
• 3 spoon the cheese mixture into the colander. fold cheese cloth over top and place colander over a bowl or baking dish to catch the whey.
• 4 refrigerate for 24 hours.
• 5 scrape the cheese from the cheesecloth and add the lemon zest and vanilla.
• 6 mix well.
• 7 line a 3 cup heart-shaped mold (or the draining basket) with cheese cloth, again allowing cloth to hang over the edges.
• 8 spoon the cheese mixture into the mold, smoothing the top with the back of a spoon. fold cheesecloth over cheese; chill for 3 hours.
• 9 to serve, unfold cheesecloth and invert mold onto a serving platter.
• 10 remove cheesecloth.
• 11 surround with the berries.