Elderflower Cheesecake with a Compote of Gooseberries
175g (6oz) digestive biscuits
110g (4oz) butter
500g (18oz) cream cheese
3 large eggs
2 tablespoons of elderflower cordial
75g (3oz) caster sugar
Preheat the oven to 180C (350F/Gas 4).
To make the base, melt the butter and crush the biscuits into crumbs. Combine them together and press down onto the bottom of a well buttered 20cm (8in) spring form tin.
Beat the cream cheese and add the eggs one at a time, and then add the sugar and elderflower cordial until well combined.
Pour over the biscuit base and bake in the oven, bottom shelf for 1 hour or until set.
Cool in the tin before releasing the sides of the tin.