Oreo Cookie Cheesecake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 350 g oreo cookies, crushed
• 100 g unsalted butter, melted
• 800 g cream cheese
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 175 g caster sugar
• 200 ml single cream
• 350 g oreo cookies, broken into small pieces
• 400 g sour cream
• 2 tablespoons caster sugar
• 4 tablespoons sour cream
• chocolate curls

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 190°c/375°f/gas 5.
• 2 for the base mix the crushed oreos with the melted butter and press firmly into a 14inch (12inch would also work) spring-form cake tin.
• 3 for the filling, whisk the cream cheese, eggs, and sugar until smooth.
• 4 mix in the cream.
• 5 pour half of the mixture onto the cake base.
• 6 add the broken cookies and press down into the mixture.
• 7 pour the rest of the filling on top.
• 8 bake in the middle of the oven for approx 25 minutes, the cake edges should look quite set.
• 9 take it out of the oven and increase the temperature to 240°c/475°f/gas 9.
• 10 mix the sour cream with the remaining 2 tbsp of sugar and cover the top of the cake with the mixture.
• 11 make sure the oven has reached the new higher temperature and then return to bake for exactly 5 more minutes.
• 12 take it out of the oven and allow it to cool completely, before spreading the remaining 4 tbsp of sour cream over the top and topping it off by sprinkling on chocolate curls.