Elderflower and lime cheesecake

Name: Elderflower and lime cheesecake recipe
Ingredients: 200g ginger nuts; 50g unsalted butter, melted; 600g full-fat cream cheese; 250ml double cream; 180g caster sugar; 3 large eggs; 7 tablespoons elderflower cordial; Grated zest and juice of 3 limes; 200ml sour cream; 2 tablespoons caster sugar; A little lime zest or peel, to decorate (optional)

This elderflower and lime cheesecake recipe becomes creamier after a night in the fridge, so try and make it the day before.

1 March 2021

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The texture of this cheesecake becomes creamier after a night in the fridge, so try and make it the day before.

To drink: A sweet wine with the concentration and freshness to match both the richness and the tang of the cheesecake: a young Sauternes or other botrytised Semillon, a sparkling Moscato, or Rustenberg Straw Wine 2010, an unsual South African, £12.49 for £37.5cl, Majestic. Wine details correct at original magazine publication date.

From the April 2012 issue of House & Garden. Recipe by Caroline Barty; photograph by Emma Lee; food preparation and styling by Louisa Carter; wine recommendations by Joanna Simon; table styling by Alexander Breeze.

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