Cranberry and almond cheesecake

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This so-simple-to-make cheesecake is full of melt-in-the-mouth flavours. A guaranteed people-pleaser .

Serves: 8-10

Ingredients

This cheesecake isn't suitable for home-freezing - so you'll need to eat it all up as soon as possible.

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For the base and topping:

90g (3oz) butter, melted
250g (9oz) packet amaretti biscuits, crushed

For the filling:

11.7g (½ oz) sachet powdered gelatine
50g (1¾ oz) caster sugar
310g (11oz) jar cranberry sauce
2 x 200g (7oz) cartons cream cheese
3 medium eggs, separated
2tbsp amaretto
20cm (8in) spring-clip round tin, lined with baking parchment

Method

To make the base, stir the butter into the crushed amaretti biscuits. Reserve about a quarter of the mixture and spread the rest over the base of the lined tin. Press it down well and chill while making the topping.
To make the topping, pour 4tbsp water into a small bowl and sprinkle over the gelatine. Leave the gelatine to sponge for few minutes and then melt it, either in a microwave or over a pan of hot water.
Stir the caster sugar into cranberry sauce. Beat together the cream cheese and egg yolks, then beat in the cranberry sauce and amaretto and fold in the melted gelatine mixture. Whisk the egg whites until stiff and then fold into the cheese mixture.
Pour the mixture over the biscuit base and then sprinkle the reserved biscuit mixture on top. Chill the cheesecake for at least four hours, or until firm, before serving.

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Nutritional information per portion

Calories 454(kcal)
Fat 31.0g

This nutritional information is only a guide and is based on 2,000 calories per day. For more information on eating a healthy diet, please visit the Food Standards Agency website.

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.