White chocolate & ricotta cheesecake

White chocolate & ricotta cheesecake

This mouthwatering cheesecake is the perfect way to finish a large Sunday lunch, as it's incredibly light despite being made with chocolate

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 6 mins

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Melt the butter in a pan or microwave. Very finely crush the biscuits together, stir with the butter, then press very firmly into the base of a 20cm round loosebottomed cake tin. Bake for 6 mins. Cool, then wipe around the inside of the tin with a little oil on kitchen paper.
  2. Soak the gelatine in water while you make the filling. Tip the chocolate into a bowl over a pan of simmering water, then add the milk. Gently heat until melted, then stir together. Squeeze the gelatine dry, add to the chocolate mixture and stir to dissolve.
  3. Beat the ricotta, cream, sugar and egg yolks together. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites.
  4. Stir the chocolate and ricotta mixtures together, then gently fold in the egg whites. Carefully pour onto the cooled biscuit base. Cover the tin with cling film, then chill until firm, preferably overnight.
  5. To decorate, very generously top the cheesecake with the white chocolate curls, then remove from the tin, scatter with the pomegranate seeds and dust all over with icing sugar, if you like.
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Prepare ahead

The cheesecake can be made up to 2 days ahead. Keep in the tin and cover with cling film. The chocolate curls will keep in a cool place in a plastic container for up to 2 days.

484 kcalories, protein 15g, carbohydrate 47g, fat 28 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 1g, sugar 33g, salt 0.79 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2009.

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  • 2009-11-23 13:13:03.604227

    Filomena commented on this recipe

    Made this yesterday - a hit with children and adults alike. Was worried it would be too sweet but perfectly balanced!! Looks amazing too so you can pretend it was really difficult.

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  • 2009-11-30 18:45:14.413154

    Jildo rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    My husband tried this recipe whilst I slept after the nightshift. It was really lovely and not to heavy. He could get ameretti biscuits so used digestives instead which worked fine. Very nice will definately make again.

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  • 2009-12-02 20:42:07.772333

    Sally commented on this recipe

    Does anyone know if this one can be frozen?

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  • 2009-12-22 10:05:53.120292

    starjac commented on this recipe

    HOW MUCH WATER DO YOU PUT TO THE GELATINE ????

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  • 2009-12-30 08:22:07.922566

    HazelW rated this recipe

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  • 2010-01-06 16:30:15.471791

    Doggy rated this recipe

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  • 2010-02-26 16:26:15.963952

    Caroline rated this recipe

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  • 2010-03-25 13:16:57.388375

    clair rated this recipe

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  • 2010-05-03 13:48:52.001758

    dibdob commented on this recipe

    made this for a 'come dine with me' with my family and they all loved it,well they made nice noises anyway!! its easy to make and looks fab

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  • 2010-05-08 11:26:13.983901

    Tony Ling commented on this recipe

    My favourite is New York cheesecake, but this is excellent

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  • 2010-05-31 14:34:42.920109

    Michelle commented on this recipe

    Can anyone say whether a different soft cheese can be used instead of Ricotta? Would normal cream cheese work as well? (Ricotta not so easy to find where I live)

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  • 2010-06-14 09:25:53.412088

    Brian Jones commented on this recipe

    Good recipe - Shame I cannot find the Video on "How to Make Chocolate Curls" None of the site searches provide any information

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  • 2010-07-20 13:03:46.735164

    Hayles rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this for a Christmas Eve gathering. It looked amazing, was much lighter than your average cheesecake and finished the meal perfectly.

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  • 2010-08-05 22:30:28.739092

    gigi90 rated and commented on this recipe

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    This was great -easy to make and soo impressive - fab taste too! I also had a problem making the curls - made bad ones with veggie peeler!

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  • 2010-08-09 20:52:20.753455

    shiran commented on this recipe

    can i use gelatine powder instead of gelatine leaves? i really want to try this recipe but couldn't get gelatine leaves.. thank you!

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  • 2010-08-19 09:58:32.088606

    xEYEter rated and commented on this recipe

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    AWESOME cheesecake. Especially if you are a lover of the light desserts. Every time when I make it, always produces the WOW effect! Brian Jones, you can do very easy chocolate curls with an ordinary vegetable peeler. You need to have the chocolate at a room temperature, but not to soft and just use the peeler to peel the curls. If the curls do not come, usually the chocolate is too hard and you need to warm it a bit. On the contrary, if the peeler is smudging into the chocolate, you need to cool it a bit. Hope this has been helpful.

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  • 2010-08-23 09:53:19.555274

    Samantha rated and commented on this recipe

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    really good cheesecake, very light but still creamy. I enhanced the white chocolate flavour by drizzling over the top melted white cholcoate mixed with a little cream.

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  • 2010-10-01 20:34:43.634215

    Foodmonster rated and commented on this recipe

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    I made this for a dinner party and it went down soooo well. My husband said that is was the best dessert I have ever made (and I have made a few)! Lovely and light after a big dinner.

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  • 2010-11-05 16:10:13.040534

    gigi90 commented on this recipe

    This was easy to make and tasted wonderful. Thanks for the curling tip - mine looked awful but overall the cheesecake looked brill

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  • 2010-11-21 17:30:29.036101

    Nessia rated and commented on this recipe

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    Absolutely gorgeous! Very light and not too sweet, ideally balanced. Easy and quick to make. Let it set in the fridge over night.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 6 mins

Ingredients

FOR THE BASE

  • 50g butter , melted
  • 150g digestive biscuits
  • 50g amaretti biscuits
  • sunflower oil , for greasing

FOR THE FILLING

  • 200g white chocolate , chopped
  • 5 leaves gelatine
  • 6 tbsp milk
  • 500g tub ricotta
  • 300ml pot double cream
  • 50g icing sugar
  • 2 large eggs , separated

TO DECORATE

  • white chocolate curls
  • pomegranate seeds
  • icing sugar , for dusting (optional)
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484 kcalories, protein 15g, carbohydrate 47g, fat 28 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 1g, sugar 33g, salt 0.79 g

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