Lime and ginger cheesecake with a bitter chocolate top

For biscuit base

• 1 packet ginger biscuits
• 1 packet hob nobs
• 4 tablespoons melted butter

For cheesecake

• 900g cream cheese (full fat versions)
• 340g caster sugar (1.5 cups)
• 37g cornflour (1/4 cup)
• 3 limes (zested and squeezed)
• 1 knob ginger grated
• 2 large eggs
• 2 egg whites
• 120ml double cream

For chocolate top

• 100g dark chocolate (70% or above)
• 1 knob of ginger, grated
• 25g unsalted butter
• 120ml double cream

Preheat oven to 180C (350F). Put a tray or pan of water in the bottom of the oven.

Get a 9inch springform cake tin and grease bottom and all round sides.

Crush biscuits with a rolling pin or in a food processor and add butter. Pour into cake tin and smooth out and press down by patting to make a solid base.

In a mixing bowl mix cream cheese and sugar together beat for about 3 minutes until smooth, add cornflour and mix again till smooth. Add lime zest, lime juice, grated ginger, eggs and egg whites slowly and keep beating throughout until smooth. Add the cream and beat just enough until smooth and fluffy, do not overbeat at this point. Pour batter into springform pan and bake for 60-70 mins until golden on top.

Remove from oven and leave to cool (it will sink, do not panic!!)

Once cooled, if you want a nice tidy top, use a very sharp knife and cut of the raised edge to make the top flat.

Then make up the chocolate top. Heat the cream and butter gently in a pan (do not boil) and add the chocolate and ginger. Stir until combined. Then spread across top of cheesecake for form a good thick top layer (the butter stops the chocolate from setting solid so can still be cut).

Carol's Key Lime Pie

So here it is peeps. Key Lime Pie as directed by the amazing carol, with some slight amendments by myself.

What You'll need:
3 large Limes
An equal amount of evaporated milk and whipping cream
A Large Packet of digestives
A pack of butter
(and if you want, some pickled ginger)








Take the three limes and zest them putting about two thirds of the zest into a food processor (or bowl if you're a pauper). Reserve some of the zest to decorate the top. Then juice the limes and put this in the bowl






Now take the cream and the condensed milk and put this in the mixer with the lime juice and zest. Then mix until the mixture is stiff enough to form stiff peaks.





Crush the digestives and add these to a mixing bowl. Now melt some butter, not too much at first and add this to the biscuits until you can make almost like a pastry. Put this into the bottom of your serving dish.





Finally, spoon the cream mixture into your serving dish, smoothing off with a palette knife and then decorating with the remaining lime zest.
Place in the fridge until thoroughly chilled.


All that remains now is to remove the serving dish, plate up and serve!! Enjoy peeps!