Amaretto Cheesecake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Plus over night chilling
- More effort
- Serves 12
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Ingredients
Ingredients:
- Ingredients:
Base:
- 200g chocolate digestive biscuits (finely crushed)
- 55g butter melted
Filling:
- 500g philadelphia cream cheese
- 40g castor sugar
- 150ml single cream
- 200ml double cream
- 2 large eggs separated
- 100ml amaretto
- 1 sachet gelatin
- 4tbsp cold water
Decoration:
- 3 tbsp lightly toasted almond flakes
- Sprinkle melted chocolate (approx. 20g dark or milk)
Method
- STEP 1Combine biscuit crumbs with melted butter. Spoon into tin and press over the base, chill.
- STEP 2In a large bowl beat the cream cheese, egg yolks and sugar.
- STEP 3Add single cream, double cream and amaretto and lightly beat till smooth.
- STEP 4Put water into heat proof bowl, sprinkle over gelatin, leave to go spongy
- STEP 5(approx. 5 minutes). Dissolve over a pan of barely simmering water and stir till clear (2-3 minutes). Cool slightly.
- STEP 6Gradually beat the gelatin into the cheese mixture, making sure it has all been thoroughly blended.
- STEP 7Whisk egg whites into soft peaks.
- STEP 8Carefully fold the egg whites into the cheese mixture.
- STEP 9Pour into tin and chill 4 hours or overnight.
- STEP 10To remove from tin dip knife in hot water and carefully slide around tin to loosen. Put on taller jar (something sturdy) and pull down the sides.
- STEP 11To finish sprinkle lightly toasted almond flakes and drizzle with melted chocolate.