Football cheesecake

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4. Grease a large baking tray and a 23cm springform tin.

2. For the choux pastry: put the butter and water into a pan, heat slowly until the butter has melted, then bring to the boil quickly. Remove from the heat and tip in the flour all at once. Beat well with a wooden spoon until the mixture forms a smooth thick paste that comes away from the sides of the saucepan. Allow to cool slightly. Beat in the eggs 1 at a time.

3. Put the mixture into a large piping bag and pipe small balls on the greased baking tray. Cook for about 15-20 minutes until well risen and golden. Put the balls on a wire cooling rack and allow to cool.

4. Make a slit in each cooled choux bun and pipe or spoon in the whipped cream.

5. For the cheesecake: preheat the oven to 170C/gas 3. Mix the crushed biscuits with the butter and press into a 23cm spring form tin.

6. Put the cheese, eggs and sugar into a food processor or blender and blitz until smooth,. Add the melted chocolate and rum. Pour the mixture over the crushed biscuit base in the tin and bake for 1 hour.

7. For the sauce: put the cream, rum and sugar in a pan and bring slowly to the boil. Put the chocolate and butter in a bowl and pour over the hot cream mixture. Stir in the vanilla.

8. To serve: put the cheesecake on a serving plate and pile the choux buns all over the cake (use a little sauce or cream to stick them together). Pour over plenty of sauce

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Ingredients

For the choux pastry

150ml water
150g Butter
200g plain flour
6 Eggs
150ml whipped cream, to fill

For the cheesecake

225g biscuits, Chocolate Hob Nobs or similar, crushed
175g Butter, melted
1kg soft Cheese
6 Eggs
150g Sugar
200g chocolate, at least 70% cocoa solids,melted

For the chocolate sauce

450ml double cream
100ml rum
150g Sugar
450g chocolate, at least 70% cocoa solids, chopped
30g cold Butter
splash vanilla extract

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