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30 minutes

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Creamy pistachio burfee

20 minutes

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25 minutes

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5 minutes

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15–20 minutes

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15 minutes

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1 hour

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10 minutes

Cheesecake recipes

Oreo cheesecake

Serves 8 - 10

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes, plus overnight setting time

Ingredients

24 Oreos, crushed
4 T butter, melted
500 g cream cheese
125 g icing sugar, sifted
1 t vanilla paste
2 cups cream, whipped to medium peaks

For the ganache

1/2 cup cream
200 g milk chocolate, chopped

Method

1. Grease a 20 cm cake tin. Mix the Oreos with the butter, then press into the bottom of the cake tin to create a base. Chill while you make the cream cheese mixture.

2. Using an electric mixer, whisk the cream cheese, icing sugar and vanilla, until smooth. Fold the whipped cream into cream cheese mixture.

3. Pour the cream mixture into the cake tin and chill overnight.

4. To make the ganache, heat the cream until simmering, then pour over the chocolate and stir until melted. Allow to cool, then pour over the cheesecake to serve.

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