Strawberry Cheesecake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/2 cup butter, melted
    2 cups oatmeal cookies, crushed
    9 sheets gelatin or 3 tbsp powdered gelatin, bloomed in cold water
    1 1/4 lb strawberries, 1/4 lb pureed, 1 left whole, remainder sliced
    1/3 cup granulated sugar + 4 tsp
    1 1/4 cup heavy cream, whipped
    1 lb cream cheese
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    3/4 cup coconut milk
    2 tbsp apricot jam
Preparation
    Grease a 10 inch springform pan. Combine butter and cookie crumbs then transfer to the prepared pan and press down firmly to form a crust. Chill for 30 mins.
    For the strawberry jam, squeeze out any excess water water out of the sheet gelatin (if using). Gently heat 1 tbsp strawberry puree with 1 sheet of gelatin (or around 1 tbsp) until gelatin melts. Combine with remaining puree. Add 4 tsp sugar. Chill for 15 mins.
    Mix cream, cream cheese, vanilla extract, coconut milk and 1/3 cup sugar. Squeeze out any excess water from remaining gelatin then gently heat with 2 tbsp cream mixture until gelatin melts then stir into the main cream mixture. Transfer 1/2 to prepared pan then drizzle with 1/2 of the puree and swirl with a fork. Repeat with the remaining cream mixture and strawberry jam. Chill overnight.
    Remove the cake from the pan and place on a cake stand. Arrange strawberry slices over top. Heat apricot jam and 1-2 tbsp water in a saucepan. Brush over the strawberries. Place the whole strawberry in the center.

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