This is one of my mums, it is delicious.

Crush 1 packet of plain cookies and mix it with 3 oz butter and press into a 9: round pie plate.

Ingredients for the filling:

1 tablespoon gelatin
2 tablespoons water
2 eggs (separated – yolks – whites)
½ cup of sugar
1 cup of milk
2 teaspoons instant coffee
½ cup of cream cheese

What you do with it:

Add the gelatin to the water and stand for 5 minutes.

In a double boiler pot (that’s when you have a pot over a pot so the steam provides the heat) mix the egg yolks and half the sugar (1/4 cup) and milk.

Stir this until it becomes a lovely custard, this is when the custard covers the spoon evenly when you take it out. Now add the coffee and gelatin and stir until it’s all dissolved and allow to cool. Whip the cream cheese until it is real soft and gradually add the cooled custard. Beat the egg whites until they are stiff and fold them into the mixture. Pour this over the crushed cookie base and top off with whipped cream if you want to.

This is well worth it I tell you.