Chocolate Cheesecake

Ingredients :

Filling :

Dark chocolate - 75 gm

Full fat soft cheese - 200 gm

Soured cream - 75 ml

Caster sugar - 50 gm

Eggs - 2

Biscuit Crust :

Sunflower oil - to grease

Chocolate oat biscuits - 150 gm

Butter - 25 gm (melted) 

Decoration :

• White cooking chocolate (grated)
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• Method :
• 1. Using sunflower oil, Grease a 20 cm round cake tin.
• 2. Take the chocolate for the filling in a bowl and place it over a pan of simmering water. (Check that the bottom of the bowl isn't touching the water)
• 3. When the chocolate has melted, remove it from the heat and stir until smooth, then set aside to cool for a few minutes.
• 4. To make the crust, break up the biscuits roughly, then put them in a mixer and blitz them into crumbs.
• 5. Add the melted butter to the crumbs in mixer and blend until mixed.
• 6. Transfer the mixture into the tin and press it firmly and evenly over the base.
• 7. Pop the tin into the freezer to harden.
• 8. Preheat the oven to 180°C
• 9. Bring a kettle of water to the boil.
• 10. Put the cheese, soured cream, sugar and eggs in a bowl and whisk well. Add the melted chocolate and  whisk until thoroughly combined.
• 11. Remove the biscuit base from the freezer. 
• 12. Take 2 large sheets of foil and place them on the work surface, one across the other. Place the cake tin in the centre of the foil and bring the foil up around it to create a bowl shape. 
• 13. Place the entire setup (cake tin with the foil around) in a roasting tin. 
• 14. Pour the chocolate mixture (filling) on to the biscuit base.
• 15. Then carefully pour hot water from the kettle into the roasting tin until it rises almost halfway up the sides of the cake tin.
• 12. Bake the cheesecake in the centre of the oven for 40 minutes.
• 13. Turn the oven off, but and leave the cake to cool in the oven with the door slightly open for at least 1 hour. 
• 14. Remove the cake tin from oven and cover with cling film. Chill for at least 4 hours or overnight before serving. 
• 15. Decorate with grated white chocolate. Slice and serve.