Bistro des Z'Artes

Serves 12 persons

Ingredients

350g requeijão

4 eggs

280g sugar

330g cream cheese

25g cornflour

1 lemon (zest & juice)

1 lime (zest & juice)

175g butter (melted)

100g oatmeal

50g rich tea biscuits (bolacha maria)

Method

1. Melt the buter & mix 100g of it with the ground up biscuits & the oatmeal.
2. Line the base of a 23cm spring lock tin with greaseproof & butter the rest.
3. Pack in the oatmeal mix & put in the fridge to set.
4. Beat the eggs & sugar together until pale & creamy (about 5 minutes).
5. Whisk in the requeijão (cottage cheese) and cream cheeses.
6. Add the cornflour, juice & zestr & the mutter & stir well.
7. Pour into the mould and bake in the preheated oven at 150C for 2 hours.
8. Turn off the oven and leave the cheesecake in until completely cold.

Note

This can be eaten immediately, but it is so much better the next day.