Deconstructed Laager Rooibos Easter Cheesecake

Ingredients - Cheesecake

200g Tennis biscuits, crushed

80g Butter, melted

1 cup Cream Cheese

1 cup Cream

1 TBSP Lemon Juice (optional)

¼ cup Laager Rooibos syrup*

Crushed meringue, as garnish

Speckled eggs/Easter eggs, as garnish

Ingredients - Laager Rooibos Simple Syrup*

2 cups Water

6 teabags Laager Rooibos tea

2 cups Castor sugar

Method

1. Mix the biscuits with the melted butter and spoon into the bottom of a glass and pack neatly.
2. In a small pot, bring the water, sugar and teabags to a boil for a minute. Reduce to a simmer until the liquids are reduced to half.
3. Remove the teabags. Leave syrup to cool.
4. In a bowl, mix the cream cheese with the rooibos syrup until nice and smooth.
5. In another bowl, beat the cream until stiff. Fold in the cream into the cream cheese mixture. Mix in the lemon juice *optional.
6. Spoon/ pipe in the creamy mixture into the glass onto the biscuit layer.
7. Top with crushed meringue. Garnish with Easter eggs.