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| Raspberry and Whisky Cheesecake |
| ingredients: |
The
quantities below should provide
six portions of cheesecake.
Ingredients
for the Base:
4 ounces butter
8 ounces digestive biscuits
(also known as Graham crackers
in some parts of the world)
1 tablespoon Scotch whisky
Ingredients
for the Filling:
8 ounces cream cheese
2 ounces caster sugar (granulated
sugar in North America)
10 fluid ounces double cream
(Note that 8 fluid ounces =
One cup or half a US pint)
1 tablespoon Scotch whisky
Ingredients
for the Topping:
8 ounces raspberries
2 tablespoons honey
3 fluid ounces (6 tablespoons)
Scotch whisky
3 level teaspoons arrowroot
1 level teaspoon caster sugar
(granulated sugar in North America)
5 fluid ounces whipping cream
1 tablespoon Scotch whisky
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| method: |
Melt the butter in a non-stick
pan, add the tablespoon of whisky,
crush the digestive biscuits
(Graham crackers) and add to
the pan. Mix well and then press
into a greased, loose-bottomed
8-inch cake tin and chill for
about half an hour in the refridgerator.
Beat the cream cheese and sugar
together. Whip the double cream
and whisky until softly stiff
and fold into the cream mixture.
Spread over the biscuit base
and chill.
Soak the raspberries in the
honey and whisky for about 30
minutes. Strain the raspberries.
You will need about 4 fluid
ounces of juice and you may
have to top it up with whisky
if necessary. Take two ounces
of juice and the arrowroot and
mix to form a paste. Heat the
rest of the juice with the sugar
until almost boiling and then
stir in the arrowroot paste
and continue stirring over a
low heat until the glaze is
thick. Then stir the raspberries
into the glaze and leave until
cool.
Spread the raspberries and glaze
over the base. Whip the cream
mixed with a tablespoon of whisky
until softly stiff and then
decorate the cheesecake. Finally,
sprinkle a tablespoon of malt
whisky over the top just before
serving.
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| Here's
a simple cheesecake which uses two ingredients
for which Scotland is well known - whisky
(of course) and raspberries. Two thirds
of the raspberries grown in Britain
come from Scotland, many of them from
Blairgowrie. Instead of raspberries,
you can use other soft fruit such as
blackcurrants or loganberries. |
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