Ingredients
FILLING
- 200 g gingernut biscuits
- 100 g unsalted butter melted
- 50 g crystalized ginger optional
Base
- 250 g cream cheese brought to room temperature
- 200 ml condensed milk
- 150 g white chocolate melted
- 150 ml cream
- 3 1/2 tsp gelatine powder
- 125 ml boiling water
TOPPING
- 2 mangoes medium
- 4 tbs caster sugar
- 2 tsp gelatine powder
- 100 ml boiling water
Directions
- Base: Blitz the biscuits in a food processor until they’ve been reduced to fine crumbs.
- Add the ginger, if using, and blitz until completely incorporated into the crumbs. With the machine switched on, pour the melted butter in until all combined.
- Press the crumbs into the base of a lined 24cm springform tin and refrigerate until firm.
- Filling: Add gelatine to the water and stir with a fork until all dissolved. Put aside to cool.
- Combine the cream cheese and condensed milk and beat until smooth and creamy. Stir in the melted chocolate and then pour in the cream.
- Pour in the cooled water and gelatine and stir until combined.
- Pour into the tin and put it into the fridge for at least an hour and a half to firm up.
- Topping: Puree the mango flesh. Add the sugar and blitz again. There should be approximately 350ml of puree.
- Combine water and gelatine.
- Combine with mango puree and pour carefully over top of the cheesecake.
- Refrigerate for 3 hours.