Goats Cheese, Honey and Thyme Cheesecake
Goats Cheese, Honey and Thyme Cheesecake is the perfect end to a meal. Use the best honey you can find for the deliciously complex and delicate taste.
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 401kcal
Ingredients
- 175 g gluten-free digestives*
- 75 g unsalted butter melted
- pinch of salt
- 375 g soft goats cheese
- 150 ml british wildflower honey or whatever honey is local to you
- 150 g sour cream
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
- zest of 1 lemon
- pinch of salt
- Extra honey to drizzle
Instructions
- In a food processor whizz up the digestive biscuits until they resemble breadcrumbs and then pour in the melted butter until completely combined.
- Press into an 18cm loose-bottomed cake tin and place in the fridge for 15 minutes. Meanwhile pre-heat the oven to 150°C.
- Then place the digestive base in the oven to bake for 15 minutes.
- While it’s baking, beat the goats cheese and the honey in a large bowl until smooth.
- Add the sour cream and beat again until smooth.
- Mix in the eggs, one at a time.
- Add the thyme leaves, lemon zest and a pinch of salt and stir in until everything is well incorporated.
- Pour the batter on top of the biscuit base and bake for 40 minutes until the top has set but still has a little wobble in the centre.
- Remove from the oven and leave to come to room temperature in the tin. Then transfer to the fridge and leave to chill for at least 4 hours.
- Remove from the tin and drizzle with honey before serving.
Notes
*If you are based in the UK then the best gluten-free biscuits to use are Nairn's Gluten Free Oats & Syrup Biscuit Breaks
Nutrition
Calories: 401kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 113mg | Sodium: 317mg | Potassium: 101mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 935IU | Vitamin C: 0.6mg | Calcium: 103mg | Iron: 2.1mg