Chocolate cheesecake
12
Points®
Total time: 3 hr 35 min • Prep: 25 min • Cook: 10 min • Serves: 10 • Difficulty: Easy
This light-as-air cheesecake is deliciously romantic and will satisfy sweet cravings with the juicy strawberries and dark chocolate goodness.
Ingredients
Reduced-fat ricotta cheese
400 g
Fromage frais, vanilla bean
300 g
Chocolate wheaten biscuit
16 individual
Caster sugar
¼ cup(s), (55g)
Cocoa powder
1 tbs, sifted
Dark chocolate
90 g, melted
Gelatine
2 tsp
Egg white
2 medium
Oil spray
1 x 3 second spray(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 160°C. Lightly spray a 30cm x 20cm lamington tin with oil. Place the biscuits in a food processor and process until they resemble breadcrumbs. Press over base of prepared tin. Bake for 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.
2
Process the ricotta, fromage frais, sugar and cocoa until smooth. Add the melted chocolate and combine. Transfer to a large bowl.
3
Sprinkle gelatine over 1½ tablespoons of boiling water in a small heatproof jug. Stir with a fork until gelatine dissolves. Quickly stir gelatine into chocolate mixture.
4
Using an electric mixer, beat egg whites into chocolate mixture, in two batches. Spread mixture over prepared base. Cover and place in the fridge for 3 hours to set. Top with strawberries to serve.
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