Wednesday, 8 January 2014

The Skinny On Sugar

The link below will take you to an article I came across online.

See what you think.
Via www.fitnessrepublic.com

The Skinny On Sugar

Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Cheesecake recipe

Thought it was about time I published the recipe for my Apple Crumble Cheesecake.

I write as I speak, so bare with me.

Right then.

Lets do the roof first!! ;-) Have you ever made a crumble topping before(Rub 250g Flour, 125g Butter and 250g Sugar together until it looks like... well.... crumble mix)? Great! Do that! But this time instead of putting on top of a fruit filling straight away. We are gonna bake it first. So pour the crumble mix onto a non stick baking sheet (or line a tray with silicone paper) Bake at gas mark 5 for 15-25 mins. Keep an eye on it though.

Next.

Peel, core and chunky dice 3 large Bramley apples. Cook them down with a squeeze of a quarter of a lemon, 50g Quality sugar (I like the taste of natural golden caster sugar). Just cook until the apples start to break down. Then set to one side to cool.

Then...

A large pack of digestive biscuits and half a pack of butter (melted)

Smash up the biscuits then mix with butter.

Pack into a Spring latch tin. This is your Buttery biscuit BASS!!!!


Now go get

1kg cream cheese
4 eggs
350g Sugar
Vanilla pod

Chuck all this in a bowl and mix. If you can't get or don't know how to use a vanilla pod. Use essence or paste.

Chef tip- Try to make sure all your ingredients are the same temperature.

Ok. So now you have a tin with your buttery biscuit base in. A bowl with your creamy-cheesy filling. Apple sauciness and some crumbly goodness.

Now build that bad boy.


  • Pour in the Cream cheese mix. 
  • Gently spoon on the apple mix
  • Then Sprinkle on the crumble mix 

Bake @ gas mark 4 for around 45 mins. The cheesecake should have a little bit of wobble as it comes out of the oven. Should not have risen.

I've attached some pictures to help. Sorry they are in no particular order!