Orange, Strawberry and Amaretti Cheesecake

Source: Me

  • Chocolate digestive biscuits
  • 1 tub mascarpone cheese
  • 2 tubs cream cheese
  • Sugar (lots)
  • 1 orange
  • Amaretti biscuits
  • Butter
  • Orange juice
  • Strawberries

Actually, this would work better with plain digestive biscuits, the chocolate overwhelms the delicate flavours of everything else. We only had chocolate digestives in stock though, and they needed using up. A fruit sauce or compote would make a nice addition to this.

  1. Place the digestive biscuits in a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin whilst melting the butter in a saucepan.
  2. Mix the digestive biscuits in with the butter and then put into a greased tin to form the base.
  3. Whilst leaving the base to cool in the fridge, make the filling by mixing the rind and juice of the orange, tubs of cheese, sugar, and orange juice. Add sugar and orange juice to taste, but don’t be afraid to add lots of sugar.
  4. Add the filling to the tin and return to the fridge whilst crushing the amaretti biscuits.
  5. Lightly sprinkle the amaretti biscuits on top.
  6. Add sliced strawberries just before serving.

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