TIM TAM CHEESECAKE...Chocolate Biscuits and Cheesecake...A mouthwatering combination

Although this recipe counts as a luxury item, it definitely is worth the indulgence. I find that if I keep my ingredients cupboard well-stocked I really only have to buy the perishable type ingredients as I need them so that helps to keep my costs down. I also have a tip for anyone who hasn't ventured into Aldi yet...it is really worth your while, the savings really do add up.

                                         
                                                     TIM TAM CHEESECAKE




1 x 250g pkt plain Chocolate Biscuits
100g Butter, melted
50g dark Chocolate, melted


FILLING:-


3 teasp. Gelatine
1/4 cup Water 
2 x 250g pkts Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 Caster Sugar
1 x 200g pkt Tim Tam Biscuits, chopped
1 x 300ml Thickened Cream, whipped


1. Blend or process plain chocolate biscuits until finely crushed. Add butter;
   process until just combined. Press biscuit mixture evenly over base and up
   side of a 20cm spring-form tin. Cover; refrigerate while preparing filling.


2. FILLING: Sprinkle gelatine over the water in a small heatproof jug. Stand
    jug in a small pan of simmering water;stir until gelatine is dissolved. Cool
    slightly.


3. Beat cream cheese and sugar in a medium bowl with electric mixer until 
   smooth. Stir in gelatine mixture, then chopped biscuits. Fold in whipped
   cream.


4. Pour Filling into prepared tin.


5. Drizzle chocolate in parallel lines, 1 cm apart, across cheesecake. Pull a
   skewer backwards and forwards through chocolate to create a marbled 
   effect. Refrigerate cheesecake for about 3 hours, or until set. Serves 8.

                                 

CHEESECAKE.....SIMPLE TO MAKE...EASY TO EAT

There are a lot of cheesecake recipes around, I know I have recipe books full of them but this recipe is really straightforward and I've had friends comment that they thought I had bought the cheesecake from the shop...so I'm taking that as a compliment that it tastes professionally made. The only thing that really matters to me however is that my family loves it...and they do.

                                                  SIMPLE CHEESECAKE

250g plain Sweet Biscuits, crushed

120g Butter, melted

3 teasp. Gelatine

2T Water

250g Cream Cheese, softened

1 tin Condensed Milk

1/4 cup Lemon Juice

1/2 cup Cream

Cinnamon.

1. Combine biscuits and butter, press into base of 20cm spring-form pan, 

   refrigerate. 

2.   Sprinkle gelatine over water in a small glass bowl. In a larger bowl

      filled with hot water, place the bowl of gelatine and water and stir with a 

      fork until the gelatine dissolves.Remove from larger bowl and allow to cool.

3.  Beat cream cheese until smooth, add condensed milk, beat until 

    combined. Add lemon juice and cream, beat well. Beat in dissolved

    gelatine.

4. Spoon evenly into prepared crumb crust, sprinkle with cinnamon, refrigerate 

    until set. Serves 8.

VON'S HINTS

* Although it is probably pointless considering it's a cheesecake...if you want to

   make it a tinier bit healthier you can use skim milk condensed milk, reduced fat 

   cream cheese and the cream.

* Also, if you don't have fresh lemons, or you couldn't be bothered squeezing

   some, you can substitute it with the lemon squeeze you can buy at the 

   supermarket for 99c and it tastes just the same.