Name: Spiced fig and orange cheesecake
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1/2 cup (80g) brazil nuts; 125 gram plain sweet biscuits; 80 gram butter, melted; 1 cup (250ml) orange juice; 1 1/4 cup (250g) finely chopped dried figs; 1 cinnamon stick; pinch ground clove; 250 gram cream cheese, softened; 1 tablespoon finely grated orange rind; 3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar; 1 cup (250g) mascarpone; 2 eggs, separated

Spiced fig and orange cheesecake

Rich and warmly spiced, this baked cheesecake with fig and orange makes an excellent dessert or mid-afternoon treat.

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Serves 12

Cook

1H 15M

Ingredients

1/2 cup (80g) brazil nuts

125 gram plain sweet biscuits

80 gram butter, melted

1 cup (250ml) orange juice

1 1/4 cup (250g) finely chopped dried figs

1 cinnamon stick

pinch ground clove

250 gram cream cheese, softened

1 tablespoon finely grated orange rind

3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar

1 cup (250g) mascarpone

2 eggs, separated

Method

1.Grease 22cm springform tin.

2.Process nuts and biscuits until fine. Add butter; process until combined. Press mixture over base of tin. Place tin on oven tray; refrigerate 30 minutes.

3.Preheat oven to 160°C/140°C fan-forced.

4.Combine juice, figs, cinnamon and cloves in small saucepan; simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes or until most of the juice has been absorbed. Discard cinnamon stick. Spread fig mixture over crumb base in tin.

5.Make filling by beating cream cheese, rind and sugar in medium bowl with electric mixer until smooth. Add mascarpone and yolks; beat only until combined. Beat egg whites in small bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form; fold into cheese mixture.

6.Pour filling over fig mixture; bake about 1¼ hours. Cool in oven with door ajar.

7. Refrigerate cheesecake 3 hours or overnight. Serve dusted with sifted icing sugar, if desired.

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