Name: White chocolate cheesecake with rhubarb compote
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 200g oatcake biscuit; 85g butter melted; 450g white chocolate; 284ml pot double cream; 400g full fat soft cheese such as Philadelphia; 4 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 600g rhubarb (trimmed weight), cut into 2.5cm chunks; 250g golden caster sugar; ½ vanilla pod split in half lengthways; 100ml orange blossom muscat dessert wine (we used Brown Brothers)

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White chocolate cheesecake with rhubarb compote

White chocolate cheesecake with rhubarb compote

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Serves 10 - 12

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 40 mins

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This soft and creamy cheesecake makes a suitably impressive and indulgent end to a dinner party

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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200g oatcake biscuit
85g butter

melted
450g white chocolate
284ml pot double cream
400g full fat soft cheese

such as Philadelphia
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

essence

For the rhubarb compote

600g rhubarb

(trimmed weight), cut into 2.5cm chunks
250g golden caster sugar
½ vanilla pod

split in half lengthways
100ml orange blossom muscat dessert wine

(we used Brown Brothers)

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal850
fat61g
saturates35g
carbs67g
sugars55g
fibre1g
protein11g
salt1.3g

low

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line the base of a 23cm springform tin with baking parchment. Whizz the biscuits in a food processor until they resemble breadcrumbs. Pour in the butter, whizz briefly again, then tip the mixture into the tin and press down firmly. Bake for 10 mins, then cool.
step 2

Reduce oven temperature to 140C/fan 120C/gas 1. Wrap a double layer of foil, lined with cling film, around the base and sides of the tin to make it watertight. Break 400g chocolate into a pan, then pour in the cream and heat until the chocolate has melted. Leave to cool slightly. Rinse the bowl of the processor, then blend the cream cheese, eggs and vanilla essence together with the melted chocolate and cream until smooth.
step 3

Put the tin in a deep roasting tray, then pour in the filling. Half-fill the roasting tray with boiling water, bake for 1 hr, then turn the oven off. Leave to cool in the oven with the door slightly ajar for 1-2 hrs. Lift the cheesecake from the water, discard the foil, then cover with cling film and chill. The cheesecake can be made up to 3 days ahead. Grate the remaining chocolate over the cheesecake before serving.
step 4

For the compote, heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Mix the rhubarb and sugar in an ovenproof dish. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla pod on top of the rhubarb, then drop in the pod, too. Pour the muscat over, cover with foil, then bake for 30-40 mins, stirring halfway, until the rhubarb is cooked. Leave to cool, then remove the pod. Serve the compote with the cheesecake. The compote can be kept in the fridge for up to 4 days.

RECIPE TIPS

FARITRADE CHOCOLATE

We used Divine white chocolate made by The Day Chocolate Company, using the best quality Fairtrade cocoa beans from the Kuapa Kokoo cooperative in Ghana. It is stocked in Waitrose and health and wholefood shops.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2007

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