Cheesecake with white chocolate, cream liqueur and macerated strawberries

Neven Maguire pays homage to his mother, Vera with this delectably smooth dessert complete with fresh, vibrant berries

Cheesecake with white chocolate, cream liqueur and macerated strawberries

SERVES

8

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

40

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • 200g cream cheese

  • zest and juice of ¼ lemon

  • ½ vanilla pod, split in half and seeds scraped out

  • 100g white chocolate, broken into squares

  • 100ml cream

  • 100ml cream liqueur

  • 4 shortbread biscuits, finely broken up

  • white chocolate curls, to decorate

  • dried raspberries to decorate

  • Maltesers to decorate

  • spun sugar, to decorate

  • fresh mint sprigs, to decorate

  • For the macerated strawberries:

  • 225g strawberries, chopped

  • 2 tbsp crème de cassis

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • 1 tsp mint or basil, chopped

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