Step by step

Mix the chopped biscuits with an egg white and melted butter

Tips
Pay close attention when making your cheesecake that the baking takes the right length of time and that it cools in the right way; otherwise you could end up with a dessert reduced to mush.
Trivia
The origins of the cheesecake, although now known as a British specialty, are to be found in ancient Greece, where they made a similar dessert called ‘placenta’.