Deep Strawberry Cheesecake

Name: Deep Strawberry Cheesecake
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 100 grams butter, melted; 13 digestive biscuits (graham crackers); 300 milliliters double cream; 500 grams mascarpone; 3 sprinkles, to finish it off; 600 grams strawberries; 6 Tbsps caster sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

This recipe makes 10 servings with 527 calories, 6g of protein, and 44g of fat each. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. It is perfect for Mother's Day. A mixture of caster sugar, digestive biscuits, double cream, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.

Instructions

Crush the biscuits in a bowl with the end of a rolling pin until they are fine crumbs, then mix in the melted butter.

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Bowl

Pour the mix into a 20cm loose bottomed cake tin and press down firmly. Pop into the fridge until you need it.

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Pop

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Whip up the mascarpone and double cream until thick.

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Double Cream

Mascarpone

Whizz the strawberries up with the sugar and vanilla, until smooth.

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Strawberries

Vanilla

Sugar

Fold the strawberry mix into the cream until well combined, then pour over the biscuit base and return to the fridge for a good hour.

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Cream

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Top the cheesecake with a few reserved strawberries and sprinkles.note: although the cheesecake was delicious, it was quite soft set. Next time I make it I will add some veggie style gelatin for a firmer set, but you could cut down on the amount of strawberries added instead.

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Sprinkles