Summer Berry Baked Vanilla Cheesecake

SERVES
4-6 4-6
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Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

BASE
  • 250g digestive biscuits finely crushed
  • 80g melted butter
FOR DECORATING
  • 1 x 300g punnet raspberries
  • 6 strawberries (2 cut in half and 4 cut into quarters)
  • 400g blueberries
FOR THE FILLING
  • 350g full fat crème fraiche
  • 250g ricotta cheese
  • 150g cream cheese
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
  • 200g caster sugar
  • 30g cornflour
  • 3 eggs beaten together
  • Method

  • 1
    Preheat the oven 150°C / 140°C fan/ gas mark 2.
  • 2
    Mix the crushed biscuits and melted butter. Press the biscuit mixture into the base of a Le Creuset Fluted Flan Dish and bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
  • 3
    To make the filling place the crème fraiche, ricotta, cream cheese, vanilla paste, and caster sugar in a bowl and mix until smooth. Blend the cornflour into the beaten eggs. Add the egg mixture to the cream cheese mixture and whisk well.
  • 4
    Remove the dish from the oven and place it on a tray. Carefully pour the mixture on top of the biscuit base and bake for 50-55 minutes until the mixture is starting to set but slightly wobbly in the middle.
  • 5
    Allow to cool completely and then refrigerate. When ready to serve, decorate the top with berries placed in the pattern of the Union Jack.