Taste of the States - New York Cheesecake

Cheese Cake – Serves 4

100 grams of digestive biscuits

100 grams of ginger biscuits

50 grams of butter

400 ml of milk

Strawberry angel delight whip / 1 tablespoon strawberry milkshake powder

Strawberry syrup

25 grams of chocolate finely grated / 1 tablespoon of chocolate milkshake powder

1 tin of mandarin segments

Cheese cake topping mix (or the below ingredients)

250 grams of caster sugar

500 grams soft cheese

3 eggs

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Zest of 1 lemon

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1.    Crush the digestive and ginger biscuits with a rolling pin they become fine crumbs

2.    Melt the butter in a frying pan and then add in the chocolate flavouring and biscuit crumbs

3.    Mix together in the pan until all the biscuit is coated and forms a large ball

4.    Get a large flat based dish and after dumping the biscuit crumbs into the bowl, spread out into a thin layer and then place in a fridge to hill

5.    Pour the cheesecake mix, or mix ingredients, into a bowl and then stir together

6.    Add the strawberry powder, or angel delight mix, add the 400 ml of milk and whisk till it becomes thick

7.    Pour the mix over the biscuit crumb base and allow to settle and solidify

Once chilled and firmed up pour over the strawberry syrup, drain the mandarin segments then decorate and serve