Red Berry & Meringue Cheesecake | BCLIQUOR

Ingredients

• 2 large egg whites, room temperature
• ⅛ tsp (0.5 ml) cream of tartar
• ½ cup (125 ml) berry sugar
• red gel food colouring (optional)
• 1¾ cups (425 ml) finely crushed graham cracker crumbs
• 6 tbsp (90 ml) unsalted butter, melted
• ½ tsp (2.5 ml) kosher salt
• 4 oz (125 g) white chocolate, melted
• 2 x 8 oz (250 g) packages cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 x 14 oz (398 ml) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped out
• ¼ cup + 1 tbsp (60 + 15 ml) fresh lemon juice, divided
• ½ cup (125 ml) roughly chopped freeze-dried raspberries or strawberries, plus extra for garnish
• ½ cup (125 ml) seedless raspberry jam
• 1½ cups (375 ml) whipping cream
• 2 tbsp (30 ml) skim milk powder (optional)
• 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract
• fresh raspberries and strawberries, for garnish