I and A Mag Oct19
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Recipe<br />
Spiced Pumpkin<br />
Cheesecake<br />
Rich, creamy <strong>and</strong> spiced with cinnamon, this autumnal cheesecake is best baked the<br />
day before serving.<br />
INGREDIENTS<br />
Ready in: 2 hours, plus cooling <strong>and</strong> chilling | Serves 8<br />
200g digestive biscuits, finely<br />
crushed<br />
85g unsalted butter, melted<br />
500g full-fat soft cheese, at room<br />
temperature<br />
100g caster sugar<br />
75g light soft brown sugar<br />
3 large eggs, beaten<br />
425g can pumpkin puree<br />
2 tsp vanilla extract<br />
1½ tsp ground cinnamon<br />
Raspberry sauce, to serve<br />
1. Grease a 20cm round spring-form tin <strong>and</strong> line the base with baking paper.<br />
Mix together the crushed biscuits <strong>and</strong> melted butter <strong>and</strong> press into the<br />
base of the tin. Chill in the fridge whilst making the filling. Preheat the oven<br />
to 160C/140C fan/gas mark 2.<br />
2. Beat the soft cheese, caster sugar <strong>and</strong> 55g of the light soft brown sugar<br />
together in a large bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in the eggs. Place<br />
the pumpkin puree in a separate bowl <strong>and</strong> beat with the vanilla extract<br />
<strong>and</strong> ground cinnamon until smooth. Fold into the cheesecake mixture until<br />
thoroughly combined. Spoon the mixture over the biscuit base <strong>and</strong> gently<br />
level the surface. Sprinkle over the rest of the brown sugar.<br />
3. Bake the cheesecake on a baking sheet in the preheated oven for 1¼ -1½<br />
hours until the filling is just set. Turn off the oven <strong>and</strong> leave the cheesecake<br />
inside until cold, then chill in the fridge for 2 hours or overnight. Serve<br />
sliced drizzled with raspberry sauce.<br />
TIP<br />
For a quick raspberry sauce, push 200g fresh raspberries through a fine-holed sieve<br />
(discarding the pulp left in the sieve). Stir in 25g icing sugar <strong>and</strong> a squeeze of lemon juice.<br />
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