Recipes
Spider’s web cheesecake
This rich dessert with a cool crème fraiche topping will stand out on any table thanks to its striking – and slightly spooky – spider’s web
This rich dessert with a cool crème fraiche topping will stand out on any table thanks to its striking – and slightly spooky – spider’s web
Cook: 45 Mins
Serves: 16
Price: 29p per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 80g serving contains
Energy
1175kj
281kcal
1175kj
281kcal
14%
Fat
22.4g
22.4g
High
32%
32%
Saturates
14.4g
14.4g
Med
72%
72%
Sugars
11.2g
11.2g
Med
12%
12%
Salt
0.32g
0.32g
Med
5%
5%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1469kj/351kcal
Typical energy values per 100g:
1469kj/351kcal
Ingredients
150g Asda Digestive Biscuits
75g unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for greasing
2 large free-range eggs
450g Asda Creamy Original Soft Cheese
Zest 1 small orange, plus 3tbsp juice
Zest 1 unwaxed lemon, plus 3tbsp juice
1tbsp plain flour
125g caster sugar
300ml pot Asda 50% Less Fat Crème Fraîche
25g Askeys Treat! Milk Chocolate Flavour Topping
Method
1
Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Grease the inside of a 20cm loose-bottomed cake tin with a little butter.
2
Blitz the digestives into fine crumbs in a food processor or put in a strong freezer bag and crush with a rolling pin.
3
Add the melted butter to the biscuit crumbs then pulse or mix together. Spread the mixture evenly over the base of the tin and press down with the back of a large spoon to firm.
4
Break the eggs into a large bowl and whisk well.
5
Add 400g of the soft cheese and mix well to combine.
6
Add the zest and juice from the orange and the lemon to the cheese mixture.
7
Add the flour, caster sugar and 200ml of the crème fraîche, whisking until smooth.
8
Put the cheese mixture on top of the biscuit base, then bake for 30-35 mins until just set in the middle. Remove from the oven, allow to cool completely, then chill for at least 2 hrs before removing from the tin.
9
When you're ready to serve the cheesecake, mix the remaining soft cheese with the remaining crème fraîche and spread it over the top.
10
Gently squeeze the chocolate-flavour topping onto the cake to make a spiral pattern, working from the centre outwards. Then pull a round-ended knife or a cocktail stick from the middle to the outside edge at regular intervals to create the spider's web design.