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Summer Berry Baked Vanilla Cheesecake

Ingredients

Base

200g digestive biscuits finely crushed

100g melted butter

Filling

350g full fat crème fraiche

250g ricotta cheese

150g cream cheese

1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste

200g caster sugar

30g cornflour

3 eggs beaten together

Decorate

1 x 300g punnet raspberries

6 strawberries ( 2 cut in half and 4 cut into quarters)

400g blueberries

Method

Preheat the oven 150°C / 140°C fan/ gas mark 2

1 stoneware fluted  flan dish

  1. Mix together the crushed biscuits and melted butter
  2. Press the biscuit mixture into the base of the flan dish and bake in the oven for 15 minutes
  3. To make the filling place the crème fraiche, ricotta, cream cheese, vanilla paste and caster sugar in a bowl and mix until smooth
  4. Blend the cornflour into the beaten eggs
  5. Add the egg mixture to the cream cheese mixture and whisk well together
  6. Remove the flan dish from the oven and place the flan dish on a tray ,  carefully pour the mixture on top of the biscuit base and put in the oven to bake for 50 – 55 minutes until the mixture is starting to set but slightly wibbly in the middle
  7. Leave to go completely cold and then refrigerate
  8. When ready to serve decorate with the berries to make the pattern of the Union Jack