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Apple cheesecake

Preparation time: 25

Cooking time: 45

Ingredients
200 g crust: ginger biscuits, crushed
60 ml melted butter
3 filling: apples, peeled and cored
60 ml sugar
30 ml butter
30 ml cream
1 container (230 g or 250 g) cream cheese
125 ml sugar
2 eggs
250 ml sour cream
1 juice and grated rind of lemon
125 ml topping: cake flour
60 ml soft brown sugar
1 ml ginger
60 ml butter

Method:
Preheat the oven to 180° C and line a 20 cm springform tin with baking paper.
Grease the paper.

Crust: Mix the crushed biscuits and melted butter and press the mixture onto the bottom of the prepared tin.

Filling: Slice the apples into 8 mm thick slices.
Heat the apple slices, 60 ml sugar and butter in a pan over medium heat and sauté the apple slices for three to five minutes or until soft.
Add the cream and simmer for five minutes.
Set aside.
Beat the cream cheese and 125 ml sugar until smooth.
Beat in the eggs one by one until just blended.
Beat in the sour cream and lemon rind and juice.
Arrange the apple slices on top of the crust and pour over the cheese mixture.

Topping: Mix all the topping ingredients until crumbly and scatter over the filling.
Bake for 45 minutes or until the filling is just set.
Leave to cool completely then chill in the fridge for at least four hours before serving.

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