Mojito cheesecake

Ingredients

150g thin almond biscuits25g butter, melted4 limes100g light muscovado sugar4 tbsp rumLarge handful of fresh mint leaves, plus extra to decorate400g cottage cheese250g tub mascarpone150ml whipping cream

METHOD

How to make mojito cheesecake

1. Break up the almond biscuits: put them in a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin (or pulse in a food processor until finely crushed).
2. Stir in the melted butter until combined. Spoon the mixture into 6 glasses, pressing down well. Chill while you make the filling.
3. Finely grate the zest and squeeze the juice from 3 limes. Heat the sugar and 5 tablespoons of water in a small saucepan, stirring until dissolved. Bring to the boil and simmer for 2 minutes without stirring. Remove from the heat and stir in the lime juice and zest, rum and mint and set aside to cool.
4. Press the cottage cheese through a sieve into a bowl, then beat the mascarpone (or put in a food processor with the mascarpone and whizz until smooth).
5. Strain the lime and mint syrup through a sieve onto the cheese mixture and beat well until smooth and creamy. Spoon on to the biscuit base and chill for at least 1 hour.
6. When ready to serve, beat the whipping cream until thick and put a spoonful on each cheesecake. Slice the remaining lime into thin rounds and the rest in the blobs of cream. Decorate with the extra mint sprigs.