Gordon Ramsey's baked vanilla New York cheesecake with a mango and passion fruit coulis

This is such a classic dessert with all the right qualities; smooth and creamy with a little crunch! The fruitiness of the mango and passionfruit coulis compliments the vanilla cheesecake with a slight tangy kick. Jeez, I sound so Nigella!

Baked vanilla cheesecake
Ingredients
Biscuit base 

• 120g unsalted butter
• 200g digestive biscuits
• 50g caster sugar

Filling

• 500g cream cheese
• 200g caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 tbsp cornflour
• 300g sour cream
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

Pre-heat the oven at 150°C.

Get yourself a spring-form cake tin about 20cm/7.9inches and lightly grease it with 20g of the butter.

Melt the rest of the butter in a pan on a low heat being careful not to burn the butter. Whilst melting the butter slowly, break up the digestive biscuits and put the broken up biscuits into a food processor and process for about 2/3 minutes until the biscuits turn into fine crumbs. Add the caster sugar and pour the melted butter into the food processor and process until combined.

Put the finished biscuit mixture in the cake tin and smooth down with a spoon to make an even surface. Put this is the fridge for about half an hour to set.

Put the cream cheese and caster sugar in the food processor for 2/3 minutes then add the 3 eggs and beat them into the mixture. Add the cornflour, sour cream and vanilla essence and process for a further 30 seconds until combined creating a smooth mixture.

Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 1 hour. Once baked turn off the oven and allow to cool with the oven door open. When completely cooled put the cheesecake in the fridge.

Mango and passion fruit coulis
Ingredients
Sauce

• 1 mango
• 6 passionfruit
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1/4 cup of water

Blend all the ingredients together in a food processor for 1/2 minutes until the mixture turns into a puree. You can have this sauce hot or cold. If you would like it hot then pour the mixture into a saucepan, bring to the boil, turn down to a low heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Once simmered, pour over a slice of cheesecake and serve.

Enjoy!
Charlotte x