Ingredients150g ginger biscuits
25g sultanas
25g mixed peel
50g butter
½ tsp cinnamon
For the cheesecake filling
280g pack cream cheese
25g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp cinnamon
100g mascarpone
2 eggs
150g icing sugar
½ orange
Prep: 15 MINS
Cook: 35 MINS - 40 MINS
Method1)Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter 6 x 150ml capacity ramekins.
Place the ginger biscuits in a food processor and blitz until chopped into very small pieces then add the sultanas and mixed peel and blitz again just once or twice to combine.
2)Melt the butter in a pan, then mix in the cinnamon followed by the biscuit mixture.
Divide equally between the ramekins, so the base of each is covered with a layer about 1cm thick. Press down a little with the back of a teaspoon then bake them on a tray in the oven for 10 mins until crisp and golden.
Leave to cool, then turn oven down to 150C/130C fan /gas 2.
3)Whisk together all the cheesecake filling ingredients until smooth.
Place the ramekins on a baking tray and pour some mixture into each one, filling to about 1cm below the rim.
Carefully slide them into the oven and cook for 25-30 mins until just set.
The mixture should still be ever so slightly wobbly when gently tapped.
Don’t worry if it dips a little or cracks.
Remove from the oven and leave to cool completely before covering with cling film and putting in the fridge.
You can make to this point up to 2 days ahead.
4)To make the decoration, place the icing sugar into a large bowl and add enough orange juice to make a stiff paste.
Transfer to a disposable piping bag and snip off the end.
Run a small knife around the edge of the cheesecakes and turn them out onto a board so that the biscuit layer is facing upwards.
Use the orange icing mixture to pipe a cross on the top of each one then use a cake slice or palette knife to place onto plates then sprinkle with the orange zest before serving.