Banana and Ginger Cheesecake Flan Recipe

Ingredients : Serves 4

75 g/3 oz butter or margarine

225 g/8 oz gingernut biscuits (cookies), crushed
225 g/8 oz/1 cup cottage cheese, sieved (strained)
150 ml/0.25 pt plain yoghurt
30 ml/2 tbsp clear honey
3 bananas, mashed Juice off lemon
15 ml/1 tbsp powdered gelatin
30 ml/2 tbsp water
6 slices of preserved ginger
150 ml/0.25 pt whipping cream, whipped

Method :

Melt the butter or margarine, remove from the heat and stir in the biscuit crumbs. Press into the base and sides of a 20 cm/8 in flan tin (pie pan). Leave to cool. Mix together the cottage cheese, yoghurt, honey, bananas and lemon juice. Dissolve the gelatin in the water, then stir it into the mixture, pour it into the flan case and leave to set. Arrange the slices of ginger on top and decorate with piped stars of whipped cream. Chill before serving.