This is an absolutely delicious recipe that my friend Dervilla makes, it’s the best thing for a dinner party and can be made in advance.
Ingredients
Base
- 375g (15ozs) dark chocolate whole-wheat biscuits (digestives)
- 3 tablespoons cream
- 75g (3ozs) melted butter
Topping
- 500g (1lb 2ozs) mascarpone
- 140g (5½ozs) caster sugar
- 3 medium eggs
- 100g (4ozs) chocolate (at least 55% cocoa solids, 75% chocolate)
- 125ml (4fl ozs) espresso or really strong coffee
- 3 tablespoons Kalua, Tia Maria (coffee liquer)
Method
- Crumble the biscuits, mix with the cream and butter and spread into a tin. Chill in the fridge while you make the topping.
- Beat the mascarpone and sugar very well until soft and light. Break the eggs into a small bowl and whisk with a fork adding to the cheese mixture bit by bit beating very well between each addition. Melt the chocolate over a saucepan of simmering water, add the alcohol and the coffee and blend well. Add to the cheese and egg mixture and mix well.
- Pour over the biscuit base and bake in the preheated oven for 40-50 minutes until the centre is set, it shouldn’t jiggle anymore!