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Saturday, 2 July 2011

Cherry and White Chocolate Cheesecake



200g Biscuits

100g Butter


250g light Cream Cheese

200g Fromais Fraise

225g White Chocolate

150g Fresh Cherries

A few Cherries to decorate






Chilling time: 20 minutes

Serving: 6



1. Grease a 11" circle flan dish

2. In a saucepan melt the butter over a low heat

3. In a food processor, crush the biscuits into small pieces

4. Add the crushed biscuits to the melted butter and mix together

5. Press firmly into the flan dish and then pop into the freezer while you make the filling

6. In a bowl beat the cream cheese with a metal or wooden spoon until smooth

7. Add the fromais Fraise and beat together until smooth and the mixtures are combined

8. In a heat proof bowl melt the white chocolate either over a saucepan of simmering water or in the microwave but checking it every 30 second intervals so it does not burn

9. Leave the chocolate to cool a little, while this is happening chop the cherries into quarters, removing the stone and stalk

10. Add the white chocolate to the cream cheese mixture and stir in well, it may look lumpy but do not worry

11. Add the cherries and mix in, making sure the cherries are even throughout the mixture

12. Remove the biscuit base from the freezer and dollop the cheesecake mixture on top

13. Spread out evenly overly the biscuit base

14. Put in the fridge to chill

15. Just before serving decorate with cherries!






Saturday, 18 June 2011

White Chocolate and Strawberry Cheesecake

80z Biscuits (Crushed)
4oz Butter (Melted)

200g White Chocolate (Melted)
300g Cream Cheese (Low Fat)
200g Fromaise Frais
6oz Strawberries (Chopped)

Chilling time: 1-2 hours
Serving: 10" flan dish / 6 people

1. Grease the flan dish
2. Crush the biscuits in a food processor
3. Melt the butter over a low heat in a saucepan
4. Once melted mix the biscuits with the butter and press firmly into the flan dish
5. Put in the fridge to set
6. In a heatproof bowl either in the microwave or over a saucepan of simmering water, melt the white chocolate. Make sure you mix this, so it does not burn.
7. In a separate bowl beat together the fromaise frais and cream cheese until smooth
8. Add the white chocolate and stir in well
9. Add the chopped strawberries and stir into the mixture until it is all combined
10. Put the mixture onto the crushed biscuit base and smooth out
11. Put back into the fridge to chill before serving

N.B. If melting the chocolate in the microwave, do it for 40 seconds intervals and stirring in between this prevents it from burning