Tim Tam Cheesecake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (250 g) package plain chocolate biscuits
150 g butter, melted
50 g dark chocolate, melted
Filling
3 teaspoons gelatin
1/4 cup water
2 (250 g) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup caster sugar
tim tam biscuit, chopped
1 (300 ml) carton thickened cream, whipped

Preparation

Blend or process plain biscuits until finely crushed. Add butter; process until just combined. Press biscuit mixture evenly over base and upside of a 20 cm spring-form tin. Cover, refrigerate while preparing filling.
Filling: Sprinkle gelatine over the water in a small heatproof jug. Stand jug in a small pan of simmering water; stir until gelatine is dissolved. Cool slightly. Beat cream cheese and sugar in a medium bowl with electric mixer until smooth. Stir in gelatine mixture, then chopped biscuits. Fold in whipped cream.
Pour filling into prepared tin.
Drizzle choc in parallel lines, 1cm apart, across cheesecake. Pull a skewer backwards and forwards through choc to create a marbled effect. Refrigerate c/cake for about 3hrs or until set.