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No-Bake Woodford Pasito Cheesecake

By

Timothy

Timothy writes from a prison in QLD.

A green charcoal illustration of a cheesecake, with a slice cut out and a fork nearby.
Ethan Cassidy

Ingredients

  • 8L lite milk / 6L full cream $0
  • 3 bags of Choc chip
    Cookies $13.35
  • 25-30 sachets of equals or sugar-less $0
  • 3 Cans of PASITO $6.90
  • 100g-150g of margarine or butter $0
  • 2 tubs of yoghurt (Yoplait Vanilla 600g Tub) $0

Total: $20.25

Makes 24 pieces

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Equipment

  • 2 x rulers
  • Old bed sheets
  • 2 x large bowls
  • 6-8 towels
  • 1 x brown bag
  • 1 x Scrabble box and board

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Step 1

Add yoghurt to the milk bottles and then put them in a warm/semi-hot water bath for 2 hours making sure to keep changing the water so the milk holds the heat.

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Step 2

To make yoghurt, the milk mix needs to be at body temp for 8 hours to form into yoghurt. Fold a towel long ways and place it in the brown bag so you can sit the bottles in the middle.

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Stand two hot water bottles up in the bag, then lay the milk bottles sideways (against the hot water bottle).

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Cover with the towels and store somewhere dry and warm!

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Step 3

After 8 hours, using old bed sheets or a pillowcase, drain the whey off by hanging it somewhere you can catch the whey.

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Step 4

Now, once you have cleaned up, you can start on your base.

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Crush the 3 bags of choc-chip cookies, then melt the margarine/butter.

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Cut open the brown bag down the seams and line the Scrabble board box (36cm x 26cm).

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Step 5

In the large bowl add the Pasito, then microwave for 1.5 hours making sure you don’t burn it towards the last 5 mins.

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Once reduced down to a syrup, put a small bit aside for a garnish at the end!

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Step 6

In the large bowl add the choc-chip cookies and ⅓ of the margarine then start mixing, adding more margarine as it’s needed.

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Once the cookies start forming like wet sand, add the mix to the Scrabble box and press the base out with the Scrabble board and then refrigerate until needed.

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Step 7

Now to speed things up with the curd.

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Wrap the sheets up with towels only after the curd has dropped by at least ⅓ or ½ of its original size. (Have 6-8 towels on hand for this part).

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You must wash everything with disinfectant to stop any bacteria growth in the sheets and towels, and make sure to clean where your sheets were hanging!

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Step 8

Once the curd is somewhat dry and creamy, lay the sheets out on your kitchen bench or your table!

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Using a ruler, scrape the curd into the bowl with the Pasito syrup, then start mixing until most of the lumps are gone.

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Add the sugar sachets or sugar syrup! And then whisk until it’s nice and smooth.

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Step 9

Finally, bring the curd and the base together, and level the curd out with a ruler as best as you can!

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Using a fork, make a wave pattern on top of the curd, finish with the Pasito syrup as your garnish, then refrigerate for a few hours (the more time in the refrigerator the better it sets).

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Step 10

Once done, cut into 6cm x 6½cm slices for you and 23 of your friends.

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This fruity Pasito cheesecake will have you wanting more and more, until there is no more!

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Now sit back and enjoy this wondrous snack.

This
piece
was originally printed in the
October 2026
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