Desserts
Chocolate Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 150 gr. (5 oz.) plain chocolate
- 25 gr. (1 oz.) icing sugar. sifted
- 25 gr. (1 oz.) butter, melted
- 125 gr. (4½ oz.) digestive biscuits, crushed
- 250 gr. (9 oz.) mascarpone cheese
- Lightly oil a 15 cm. (6") loose-bottomed cake tin.
- For a 20 cm. (8") tin use 150 gr. (5 oz.) digestive biscuits and 50 gr. (2 oz.) sugar.
Method
1
Melt chocolate in microwave or bain marie. Once melted, stir in icing sugar.
2
Mix the melted butter and the crushed biscuits together and press evenly into a 15 cm. (6") loose-bottomed cake tin.
3
Leave to chill for 15 minutes.
4
Mix the mascarpone cheese into the chocolate. When stirring in the cheese, do this over water to beat in thoroughly, otherwise it is difficult to mix in. Spread evenly onto biscuit base.
5
Delicious served with single cream.