Mars Bar Cheesecake: This Mars Bar by Taste Member 'Scarletbegonias' Is Simply Irresistible
Mars Bar Cheesecake: This Mars Bar by Taste Member 'Scarletbegonias' Is Simply Irresistible
INGREDIENTS
250g plain chocolate biscuits
150g butter, melted
2 tablespoons brown sugar
20g butter, extra
300ml thickened cream
50g milk eating chocolate, chopped finely
3 teaspoons gelatine
1/4 cup (60ml) water
2 (250g) packets cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar
3 (53g) Mars Bars, chopped finely
METHOD
Step 1 Blend or process biscuits until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add butter process until just combined. Press biscuit mixture evenly over base and
side of 20cm springform tin, place on tray. Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until firm.
Step 2 Meanwhile make butterscotch sauce, combine brown sugar, extra butter and 2 tablespoons of the cream in small saucepan. Stir over low heat, without
boiling until sugar dissolves.
Step 3 To make the chocolate sauce, combine chocolate and another 2 tablespoons of the cream in a separate small saucepan, stir over low heat until
chocolate melts.
Step 4 Sprinkle gelatine over the 1/4 cup water in small heatproof jug. Stand jug in small saucepan of simmering water, stir until gelatine dissolves. Cool for 5
minutes.
Step 5 Beat cream cheese and caster sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. In a separate bowl, whip thickened cream by beating with an
electric mixer until soft peaks form.
Step 6 Stir gelatine mixture into cream cheese mixture with chopped Mars Bars. Fold in cream.
Step 7
Pour half of the cream cheese mixture into crumb crust. Drizzle half of the butterscotch and chocolate sauces over cream cheese mixture. Pull a skewer
backwards and forwards through mixture (zig-zag) to create marbled effect. Repeat with remaining cream cheese mixture and sauces.