Cookies N Cream Cheesecake

Dah lama teragak nak makan cheesecake. Hmm... lama betul i x buat. Masa browsing blog makcik kantin (cute kan, macam nama tukang masak ninja boy ), nampak cheesecake yg dia buat non-baked. Walla! Apa lagi, laju je la i buat. Memang worth trying & definitely a keeper Tak caya, sila la cuba ye.

COOKIES 'n' CREAM CHEESECAKE
(Source: Celebrity Chef's Cookbooks-Cheesecake Seduction)

Base
100 gm butter, diced
170 gm digestive biscuits, crushed
30 gm brown sugar
30 gm cocoa powder, sifted
50 gm cornflakes, crushed
40 gm almond flakes

- Heat butter in pan and add all the other ingredients.
- Fry till fragrant and press in 23 cm false bottom cake pan
- Cover cake pan & refrigerate for at least 30 minutes

Notes: In replacement to the dry ingredients, you can use leftover biscuits (samperit, almond, cornflakes etc), crushed and kept frozen.

Filling:
500 ml thickened cream (i used whipped cream)
80 gm icing sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 Tbsp gelatine powder dissolved in 80 ml water
250 gm mascarpone cheese ( I use normal cream cheese)
100 gm Chocolate sandwich cookies, quartered

- Whisk thicken cream, icing sugar and vanilla until mixture thickens
- Pour gelatine, mix well and add mascarpone cheese.
- Stir in cookies using spatula.

Pour filling onto biscuit base. Cover and refrigerate, possibly overnight.