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    Once upon a TIME

    Feb 24, 2020 7 minutes
    recipes and food preparation LOUISA HOLST
    styling and illustrations HANNES KOEGELENBERG
    photos ED O’RILEY

    Little Red Riding Hood

    BLACK FOREST CHEESECAKE

    Like the bad wolf hiding in the woods, you’ll discover dark cherries hidden inside this creamy cheesecake – help yourself to a slice before it all gets eaten up!

    Makes: 1 x 22cm cake

    Preparation time: 1 hour, plus chilling time

    ♥ 300g chocolate digestive biscuits, crushed
    ♥ 200g (230ml) castor sugar
    ♥ 100g (110ml) melted butter, hot

    FILLING

    ♥ 425g can pitted black cherries
    ♥ 15ml cornflour
    ♥ 30ml Kirsch (or use brandy)
    ♥ 15ml gelatine
    ♥ 60ml boiling water
    ♥ 2 x 230g cream cheese, at room temperature
    ♥ 250ml cream
    ♥ 45ml lemon juice
    ♥ fresh cherries, to decorate

    1 Mix the crushed biscuits, 15ml castor sugar and the melted butter together. Line the bottom of a 22cm springform baking tin with baking paper. Grease with cooking spray. Press the crumb mixture over the base and up the insides of the tin. Refrigerate.

    2 Drain the cherries and reserve the juice. Put the juice and 30ml castor sugar into a saucepan. Mix the cornflour and Kirsch together, then stir into the cherry juice mixture. Cook, stirring, over a

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