Cheesecake Recipe

Here's a cheesecake recipe. I've made this several times now and had really tasty results each time!

Ingredients:

• Packet of digestives
• 100g unsalted butter
• 900g soft cheese
• 225g sugar
• 4 eggs
• vanilla extract

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C or gasmark 4
2. Crush the packet of digestives into crumbs
3. Melt 100g butter and mix it into the crumbs
4. Spread the crumbs evenly onto the base of a cake tin
5. Whisk 900g of soft cheese with 225g of granulated sugar until combined
6. Add 4 eggs while whisking and then a teaspoon of vanilla extract
7. Pour the mix into the cake tin over the crumb base
8. Wrap the cake tin in foil and place in a tray of hot water before transferring to the oven. Make sure to use 2 layers of foil to avoid a soggy bottom
9. Allow to bake for 1 hour or until top of cheesecake is golden brown

To make the coulis:

Ingredients:

• 100g berries of your choice
• Juice of one lemon
• Sugar to taste

Instructions:

1. Simmer the berries in the lemon juice while mashing with a fork until liquified
2. Gradually add sugar, tasting as you go
3. When you reach your preferred sweetness, strain the coulis into a jar for later