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    New York lime cheesecake

    Remember to allow chilling time when making this baked cheesecake.

    • Vegetarian
    • Preparation time: 15 minutes
    • Cooking time: 50 minutes, plus cooling
    • Total time: 1 hour 5 minutes 60 minutes 5 minutes

    Serves: 10

    Ingredients

    • 100g essential Waitrose digestive biscuits
    • 75g essential Waitrose ginger nut biscuits
    • 50g dark brown muscovado sugar
    • 50g unsalted butter, softened
    • 200g essential Waitrose creamy full-fat soft cheese
    • 150g mascarpone
    • 125ml double cream
    • 150g caster sugar
    • 2 limes, grated zest and juice
    • 1 vanilla pod, split open
    • 3 eggs, separated
    • 1 tbsp icing sugar

    Method

    1. Preheat the oven to 170c, gas mark 3; grease a 21cm springform cake tin.
    2. For the base, whiz the biscuits to crumbs in a food processor, then pulse in the muscovado sugar and butter. Press firmly into the base of the tin and chill.
    3. Beat the mascarpone and cream cheese until smooth. Mix in the cream, sugar, lime juice and zest, vanilla seeds from the pod, and the 3 egg yolks.
    4. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites until stiff. Stir a large spoonful of this into the cheese mixture to loosen it. Gently fold in the rest of the egg whites and pour over the prepared base.
    5. Cook in the oven for 30 minutes, then turn the heat up to 180c, gas mark 4 for a further 20 minutes. Turn off the heat and leave the cheesecake in the oven for 1 hour to cool and set. Remove from the tin and serve, dusted with the icing sugar; or cover and chill in the tin overnight before serving.

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    Drinks recommendation

    Rich honey, ripe citrus fruit and a refreshing twist of acidity perfectly mirror the style of the cheesecake to create a gorgeous combination. Tabali Encantado Late Harvest Muscat 2008 Limari Valley, Chile (sweet) 37.5cl 746770
    http://www.waitrosewine.com/230471678/Product.aspx

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