Name: Celebratory ginger cheesecake
Total time: 28800 s
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 100 gram unsalted butter; 200 gram stem ginger cookies; 100 gram ginger snap; 250 gram full fat soft cheese; 500 gram reduced fat soft cheese; 75 gram icing sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 tablespoon gingerbread syrup; 150 millilitre double cream; to taste gingerbread biscuits; to taste white chocolate coated pretzel

Step 1

To make the base, melt the butter (100 g) in the microwave or in a small pan on the hob.

Step 2

Crush the ginger cookies (200 g) and ginger snaps (100 g) to a fine crumb with a rolling pin and a sealable bag, or blitz them in a food processor. Combine with the melted butter and press the mixture into the base of a 20cm springform cake tin.

Step 3

To make the filling, grab a large bowl and whisk the icing sugar (75 g) with the full fat (250 g) , reduced fat soft cheese (500 g) and double cream (150 mL) . Add the gingerbread syrup (30 mL) , vanilla extract (5 mL) , ground ginger (2 g) and ground cinnamon (1 g) and mix again.

Step 4

The overall texture of your cheesecake topping should be a thick mousse.

Step 5

Carefully spread the mixture over the biscuit base, cover it with foil or cling film and chill in the fridge for a few hours, preferably overnight.

Step 6

To make the decoration, carefully remove the cheesecake from the tin and place on a serving plate.

Step 7

Sprinkle over some crushed biscuit crumbs and decorate with M&S mini gingerbread biscuits (to taste) and M&S snowy pretzels (to taste) .

Celebratory ginger cheesecake

RECIPE

Ingredients

For the base

For the filling

For the decoration

Method

Rate this recipe

Tags

More from Marks & Spencer

Creamy lemony butterbeans with roasted green veg and 'nduja

Banoffee bread and butter pudding

Red snapper cocktail

Dukkah-crusted red pepper salmon

One-tray pesto orzo with Mediterranean vegetables

Homemade liqueur coffee

Linguine with watercress and almond pesto

Lamb steaks, new potatoes and chimichurri

Very veggie pasta bake

Truffle cheddar fondue with potatoes in blankets and cornichons

Bloody Mary beans and buns

Seared steak and runner beans with a garlicky, nutty dressing

Home-made vegetable samosas

Pumpkin spice pancakes

Seared salmon, crispy potatoes and green beans with horseradish dressing

Thai basil and blood orange cosmo