chocolate nut cheesecake

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5 from 1 vote

an alternative to Christmas pudding

Prep Time20

Cook Time1

Total Time1 20

Course: Snack

Cuisine: English

Keyword: batch cooking, cheap family recipes

Dietary Requirements: Vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 1059kcal

Cost: 20p

Equipment

Ingredients

100 g digestive biscuits Asda smartprice
50 g salted peanuts Asda smartprice
50 g chocolate Asda smartprice, plain
2 tbps vegetable oil

For the filling

250 g soft cheese Asda smartprice
2 eggs Asda cooks eggs
1 egg yolk
100 g sugar granulated
115 g natural yogurt Asda smartprice
150 g salted peanuts Asda smartprice
2 tbsp oil to turn it into peanut butter

For the Topping

125 g natural yogurt Asda smartprice
50 g chocolate Asda smartprice, plain, chopped
15 g granulated sugar

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 170°c/325F/Gas 3

Base

For the base put the biscuits, nuts, chocolate (broken into chunks, or chopped), and oil in a food processor and mix together.
Once the mixture comes together in a clump, take out of the processor and press it into the bottom of a 20cm round cake tin or 8" square tin
Chill this whilst you prepare the cheesecake.

Peanut Butter

Make a peanut butter by whizzing together 150g nuts with barely 2 tablespoons of oil until it is very smooth.

Cheesecake Filling

For the filling place the soft cheese, eggs, and egg yolk along with the sugar, yogurt, and peanut butter into a food processor and mix until it is combined.
Pour the filling mixture onto the cheesecake base
Cook for an hour, checking after 50 minutes. The top should be golden-coloured and completely set.
Click here to start a 50 minute timer
Once the filling is cooked, take it out of the oven while you make the topping.

Topping

Warm the yogurt, sugar and chopped chocolate in a saucepan over very low heat, just until the chocolate is completely melted and it looks like smooth, chocolate-y sauce.
Spoon the topping over the top of the cheesecake.

Chill overnight

Let the cheesecake cool at room temperature. Once the tin no longer feels warm, put into the fridge for several hours before serving, but ideally overnight.

Notes

Priced at Asda.com in December 2019

Base
change the biscuits for the base to ginger nuts, Biscoff, chocolate digestives or an oaty biscuit
change dark chocolate for milk or white chocolate
add cocoa powder instead of chopped chocolate to the biscuit base
change salted peanuts to salted cashews or any other nuts you have handy
use melted butter in place of the vegetable oil
Filling
use either 2 whole eggs and omit the egg yolk, or use 3 whole eggs
use light or dark brown Muscovado sugar in place of granulated
use thick Greek yogurt or even a flavoured yogurt
add orange zest or puree to the filling
Topping
use thick Greek yogurt or a flavoured yogurt
change dark chocolate for milk or white chocolate
put candied, dried or plain orange slices on top, or orange peel curls
serve with an orange compote, or orange ice cream
speckle with chocolate or multicoloured sprinkles

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