Bridal Shower Food : Mandarin Cheesecake

Ingredients

• 5oz crushed graham crackers
• 2½ oz butter
• 1 can of mandarins in juice (retain the juice)
• 4floz juice
• 2lb cream cheese
• 2½ oz superfine sugar
• A bar of chocolate

Procedure

Begin by lightly oiling, a 9 inch pie pan with a loose bottom (springform tin) Crush the graham crackers with a rolling pin. Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the crushed graham crackers and stir together well. Turn the mixture into the prepared pie pan and press evenly into the base and sides. Then place in the refrigerator to firm. Drain the mandarins and reserve 4floz of the juice. Now beat together the cream cheese and sugar, add the reserved juice and beat until smooth. Fold in the mandarins. Pour into the firmed biscuit lined pan and spread evenly. Cover and return to the refrigerator to chill. Just before serving sprinkle with chocolate curls, these can be made by using a vegetable peeler to shave curls from a bar of chocolate, and cut the cheesecake into slices.