Gingernuts and Oreo biscuits

Grandmabatty

Crunched up ginger nuts make an excellent base for cheesecake.

Yes, especially lemon or orange cheesecake.

My recipe is for a No-bake Cheesecake 😊 it doesn’t have any gelatine in it. It’s made with a biscuit base and mascarpone is the main ingredient.

Goldieoldie15
What a load of purist nonsense!

Goldieoldie15

If you make a “cheesecake” with biscuits crumbs it is NOT cheesecake. It’s a concoction made up of some biscuits mashed up and cheese, usually over sweetened and loaded with gelatine to hold it together. Cheesecake is baked; all of the ingredients are baked.

😁 You've obviously never tasted a proper unbaked one.

The baked ones are ok but not so good.

Only purists might insist that baked cheesecakes are cheesecakes.

If you make a “cheesecake” with biscuits crumbs it is NOT cheesecake. It’s a concoction made up of some biscuits mashed up and cheese, usually over sweetened and loaded with gelatine to hold it together. Cheesecake is baked; all of the ingredients are baked.

AmberGran

^Ginger nuts are for dunking or you break you teeth^

I once made some ginger nuts and I've no idea what I did wrong but it was impossible to eat them even after dunking them. They were rock hard. We took a hammer to them in the end just from sheer frustration. Then they went in the bin 😂

Sounds like my gluten-free pastry 😁
I threw it out but even the pigeons refused it.

I think that ginger biscuits make a better crumb base than digestives.
I've beaten cream until double and dipped either type of biscuit in and used them in puddings .

Soak the biscuits in sherry, then sandwich with whipped cream in between each one, cover the log with cream and grate chocolate on top. Always a winner here

Unused, leftover, unopened, surplus. Not adjectives that should ever be used with biscuits, cake or chocolate. Not in this house anyway.

Ginger nuts are for dunking or you break you teeth

I once made some ginger nuts and I've no idea what I did wrong but it was impossible to eat them even after dunking them. They were rock hard. We took a hammer to them in the end just from sheer frustration. Then they went in the bin 😂

completely agree with Grandmabatty I always use crumbled gingernuts in melted butter pressed into bottom of tin for my non- baked cheesecake....gives a bit of piquancy!

Y737

What do you do with the ‘soil’ to make people think it’s posh?

I don't make them think it's posh! They do it all by themselves! Perhaps because it is sometimes served in fancy restaurants - who knows.

All I know is without fail, every time I serve it, there are oohs and aahs.

I can't imagine why anybody has ginger biscuits left over. They are my absolute favourite.

What do you do with the ‘soil’ to make people think it’s posh?

Oh, that gingerbread log is a must!

With my grandson!!

pen50

Gigernut Log? justamumnz.com/2016/12/01/gingernut-log/

Thanks for the link - perfect to make either my grandson over the holidays.

Polremy

Slightly off-topic but…husband requested ginger biscuits and I thought he’d be pleased when I brought them home.
Apparently the ginger nuts I chose are wrong, totally wrong.
It has to be ginger snaps.
Blowed if I knew there was any difference.

Ginger snaps are wonderful particularly with cream, that is probably what he fancies.
Ginger nuts are for dunking or you break you teeth

Slightly off-topic but…husband requested ginger biscuits and I thought he’d be pleased when I brought them home.
Apparently the ginger nuts I chose are wrong, totally wrong.
It has to be ginger snaps.
Blowed if I knew there was any difference.

Gigernut Log? justamumnz.com/2016/12/01/gingernut-log/

You could use ginger nuts instead of macaroons in a trifle.

Thanks Oreo. I crush my digestives with a rolling pin but didn’t know whether it would work with the harder biscuits. My oreos are the spooky type with the orange cream so don’t know if that would make a difference.

Spinnaker

Where's our very own Oreo when you need her 😂😂

I’m here!😁
My two fave biscuits mentioned by OP so just parcel them up and send to me c/o Gransnet please.😃
All I know is either of those biscuits, if put in a plastic bag and hit repeatedly with a rolling pin make a good base for a cheesecake.

AmberGran

I've seen recipes using Oreo biscuits on YouTube, where the biscuits are dunked in some sort of coffee/alcoholic brew, then sandwiched together with some creamy confection. Sort of Tiramisu with Oreos. Looks nice, I would eat it if offered probably. If you want to make it I'll come along and test it for you.

I made something similar with a different type of biscuit (can't remember which ones).
Make strong black coffee, add coffee liqueur, dunk biscuits quickly, cover in a mixture of whipped cream and mascarpone, with a little icing sugar if you wish. This was placed on a plate like a Swiss roll but you could put it in a dish like a tiramisu.