The Ultimate Gin Cheesecake Recipe

Name: The Ultimate Gin Cheesecake Recipe
Ingredients: 120 ml (½ cup) gin; 30 g (2 rounded tbsp) sugar; 125 g (4½ oz) digestive biscuits, smashed to crumbs; 125 g (4½ oz) digestive biscuits, smashed to crumbs; 40 g (3 tbsp) butter, melted; zest of 1 grapefruit, 1 orange and 1 lime; zest of 1 grapefruit, 1 orange and 1 lime; zest of 1 grapefruit, 1 orange and 1 lime; juice and zest of 1 lemon; 280 g (10 oz) cream cheese; 397 g can (1¼ cups) condensed milk; 90 ml (⅓ cup + 1 tbsp) fresh lemon juice

Preparation info

Serves
1

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Ultimate Cheesecake Cookbook

By Michael Leventhal

Published 2025

About

Ingredients

120 ml (½ cup) gin
30 g (2 rounded

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Add 120ml (½ cup) gin to a saucepan along with the sugar and simmer to reduce by two thirds.
Combine the biscuit crumbs and melted butter and press into the base of a 10cm (4in) metal ring, taking care to keep it crumbly and not over bash it until it becomes dust!
Zest your citrus fruits and set aside. Retain a little of each for the garnish. Whisk th