Terry's Chocolate Orange Cheesecake

 

Whilst I'm sat on the train home for Christmas, I thought we'd talk about cheesecake. It has to be said, this particular cheesecake isn't much of a looker. But it is incredibly tasty. To me, the taste a bite of chocolate orange produces is like a mouthful of Christmas. I always used to get those segment sweets put in my advent calendar at home. So when my boyfriends Mum sent this recipe to me, I couldn't help but give it a go. And my goodness it is delicious. It's rich and creamy and terribly naughty. But it's Christmas, so I don't really care, and neither should you.

Terry's Chocolate Orange Cheesecake

Base
20 Biscuits (I used digestives, the original recipe said hobnobs, you can use whatever you fancy)
140g Unsalted butter (melted)

Filling
200g Full fat Philadelphia (no scrimping and using half fat, it won't set!)
100g Icing Sugar
184ml Double cream
160g of Terry's chocolate orange (plus extra to decorate. And eat.)

1. Smash your biscuits into fine crumbs.You want it to still have texture, but not have big clumps of biscuit in.

2. Add the melted butter and combine. Press down in the bottom of a loose bottom cake tin, then pop the tin into the fridge to cool while you make the filling.

3. Sieve the icing sugar into the cream cheese and combine. It doesn't look pretty, but it's super tasty if you decide to lick the spoon. I recommend licking the spoon.

4. Whisk the double cream until it's nice and thick.

5. Melt the chocolate orange and add to the whipped double cream.
6. Add in the cream cheese and icing sugar mixture to the double cream mixture then whisk until smooth. Dollop on to the base that you've cooled in the fridge and spread out evenly.
7. Decorate with the remaining chocolate orange and leave to set in the fridge for at least three hours. It's tempting I know, but the wait is worth it.