Black Currant Cheesecake

8 ingredients
12 steps

Ingredients

  • 65 g unsalted butter
  • 130 g wholemeal organic digestive biscuits (crushed)
  • 30 g ground almonds
  • 150 ml elmlea double cream (low fat)
  • 200 g philadelphia light cream cheese
  • 50 g caster sugar
  • 200 g black currants (sieved to remove seeds)
  • kiwi (to serve)

Directions

  1. 1
    Put a pan on low heat and melt the butter.
  2. 2
    Take the pan off the heat and stir in the biscuit crumbs and the ground almonds.
  3. 3
    Spread the biscuity base mixture, covering the bottom of each ramekin, smooth down.
  4. 4
    Put in fridge to cool.
  5. 5
    Pour the double cream into a bowl and whisk until stiff but don't let curdle.
  6. 6
    Stir in the cream cheese.
  7. 7
    Combine most of the sieved blackcurrants until it all turns a rich purple colour and reaches a fairly thick consistency.
  8. 8
    Fetch the bases from the fridge and pour in a thin layer of the pureed blackcurrants then evenly fill the ramekins up to the rim with the cheese cake topping.
  9. 9
    Smooth off the top with a palette knife and carefully marble in whatever remains of the blackcurrant puree.
  10. 10
    Slice up the Kiwi and serve with kiwi and a few whole black currants.
  11. 11
    Return to fridge until ready to serve.
  12. 12
    Consume!

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