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Halva Cheesecake

Silky baked cheesecake swirled with tahini and crowned with crumbly halva — nutty, creamy, unforgettable ✨

Ingredients

  • 200g digestive biscuits, crushed
  • 100g butter, melted
  • 500g cream cheese, room temp
  • 150g sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 200ml sour cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 80g tahini (for swirling into filling)
  • 60g halva, crumbled (for topping)
  • 2 tbsp tahini (for drizzle)

How to make it

  1. Mix crushed biscuits with melted butter, press into a 20cm springform pan and bake 10 min at 180°C.
  2. Beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs, sour cream, vanilla and cornstarch until smooth.
  3. Pour over the crust, dollop the 80g tahini on top and swirl with a knife.
  4. Bake 50 min at 160°C until just set. Cool, then chill 4 hours.
  5. Drizzle with the 2 tbsp tahini, scatter the 60g crumbled halva over the top, slice and serve.
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