FERRERO ROCHER CHEESECAKE

 

This might look like it has no place on any list of Nutella desserts, given the name of the dish, but although the cheesecake contains crushed up pieces of Ferrero Rocher (yum!), that topping is pure Nutella. This is a crazy decadent recipe, but the sweetness of all that chocolate is wonderfully tempered by the tang on the cream cheese. Also, that crust? Crushed Oreos. Better still, there's no baking involved, so it's not nearly as complicated as it looks.

Ingredients:
Crust:
2 cups crushed Oreo
3 tbsp unsalted butter

Cheesecake:
3 packs cream cheese, softened
2/3 cup powdered sugar
3 cups thickened cream or whipped cream, chilled
4 tsp unflavoured gelatine
1/2 cup hot water
6 pcs Ferrero Rocher, roughly chopped

Toppings:
4 heaping tbsp Nutella
2-3 tbsp milk
2 tbsp confectioners sugar
8 pcs Ferrero Rocher
Chocolate shavings

Directions:
Crust:
Combine all ingredients and make sure it’s mixed well and butter is evenly spread throughout the crushed crackers, press it in a 9 in pie pan.

Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 10 minutes (this makes the crust more firm, but you can omit this process if you wanted to)

Chill in fridge for around 20 minutes.

Cheesecake:
Place softened cream cheese and sugar in a bowl together; using an electric mixer beat the cheese until thoroughly mixed and creamy.

Dissolve gelatine in hot water then let it cool for a while. Once cooled down add into the cream cheese mixture, continue to beat until mixture becomes fluffy.

Now add thickened cream and chopped Ferrero then fold until it’s evenly mixed.

Pour over the prepared crust.

Top it with the Ferrero Rocher and chocolate shavings. Refrigerate for at least 6 hours before serving.

Before serving drizzle melted Nutella on top then serve.

Toppings:
Place Nutella, confectioners sugar and milk in a double boiler, stir until sauce becomes runny add more milk if required.