Chocolate and Orange Cheesecake

Yields:	1 cake
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	Preparation	30 minutes
	Cooking	0 minutes
	Ready In	150 minutes

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Ingredients

2	ounces	butter	melted
6	ounces	chocolate digestive biscuits	crushed
1	pound	cream cheese
5	ounces	brown sugar	soft
5	ounces	double cream	whipped
11	grams	gelatin
3	tablespoons	orange juice
8	ounces	chocolate	melted

To decorate
1	x	cream	reserved
1	x	mandarin oranges	segments
1	x	chocolate	melted

Directions

Stir the melted butter into the crushed biscuits, mixing well.

Press into a 20.5 cm (8 inch) spring-clip tin.

Chill.

Beat together the cheese and sugar until smooth.

Stir in most of the cream, reserving a little for decoration.

Dissolve the gelatine by sprinkling over the orange juice in a small bowl and standing over a pan of hot water.

Fold into the cheese mixture.

Beat in the melted chocolate and pour over the biscuit base.

Chill until set.

Remove cheesecake from tin and place on a serving dish.

Pipe or spoon reserved cream on top and decorate with mandarin orange segments.

Drizzle with a little melted chocolate.

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Sex in A Pan

I'm not a "dessert person"--(I have to admit the title suckered me in, tho lol)--but THIS recipe IS the real deal. My only suggestion is to "drizzle" the melted chocolate as the last step, not "swirl"--the hot chocolate coagulates too fast on a cool dessert base in order to "swirl".