Irish Whiskey Chocolate Cheesecake

DIFFICULTY
Average Average
COOK TIME
Under 2 hrs. Under 2 hrs.
SERVES
10+ 10+
Irish Whiskey Chocolate Cheesecake
Main ingredients
  • Dairy
Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

Base:
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 2 tablespoons Demerara sugar
  • 200g crushed digestive biscuits
  • 80g melted butter and extra to grease the dish
Filling:
  • 300g sweet dark chocolate, melted
  • 300g cream cheese
  • 100 ml Irish whisky cream liqueur
  • 1 sachet powdered gelatine and 100ml hot water
  • 300ml whipped double cream
  • Physalis fruit to decorate
  • Baking paper

  • Method

  • 1
    Base:
  • 2
    Lightly grease the dish with a little butter and line the base with a circle of baking paper.
  • 3
    Mix the cocoa powder and sugar into the crushed biscuits, pour in the melted butter and combine.
  • 4
    Place the mixture into the flan dish and press flat, pushing the crumb up the sides to form the edge.
  • 5
    Chill for 30 minutes.
  • 6
    Filling:
  • 7
    Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water.
  • 8
    Blend the cream cheese with the Irish cream liquor until smooth.
  • 9
    Dissolve the gelatine in the hot water and stir into the cream cheese mix.
  • 10
    Whisk in the whipped cream followed by the melted chocolate.
  • 11
    Pour the mixture into the set biscuit base, smooth over the top and chill for 2 hours.
  • 12
    Decorate the top with physalis fruit.