Easy Peasy Chocolate Cheesecake
Directions
Leave out the cream cheese and chocolate spread so they reach room temperature.
For the biscuit base:
- Break the digestive biscuits in a food processor or put them in a freezer bag and beat with a rolling pin
- Transfer the biscuits to a bowl
- Soften the butter in a pan on a low heat until melted and add to the biscuit mix
- Add in 25g of chopped nuts and all of the dark chocolate pieces
- Mix thoroughly and spread out in a 22cm spring-form cake tin
- Push down with the back of a spoon to make sure the base is flat
- Leave the biscuit base to chill in the fridge for about an hour
For the cheesecake:
- Beat the cream cheese and chocolate hazelnut spread together
- Add in 50ml of Avonmore Fresh Cream and keep beating until a smooth mixture is formed
- Take the biscuit base from the fridge and spread the chocolate mixture over the top
- Scatter the remaining chopped nuts all over the top
- Chill in the fridge for at least 6 hours or best overnight
Serve with Avonmore Freshly Whipped Cream and strawberries.
Ingredients
- 250g digestive biscuits
- 75g Avonmore Unsalted Butter
- 400g chocolate hazelnut spread
- 100g chopped nuts (hazelnuts/walnuts/pistachio)
- 500g cream cheese
- 50g dark chocolate pieces
- 50ml Avonmore Fresh Cream
- Avonmore Freshly whipped cream
- Fresh strawberries chopped/sliced