Eggnog cheesecake with stained-glass praline

Name: Eggnog cheesecake with stained-glass praline
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Ingredients: 5 dried figs, coarsely chopped; 10 small dried apricots; 5 pieces glace ginger; 10 whole pecans; 10 walnut halves; 10 brazil nuts; 55g (1/3 cup) dry-roasted hazelnuts; 60ml (1/4 cup) water; 370g (1 3/4 cups) caster sugar; Melted butter, to grease; 200g Arnott's Granita biscuits; 100g butter, melted, cooled; 3 x 250g pkts cream cheese, at room temperature; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 185ml (3/4 cup) pouring cream; 60ml (1/4 cup) brandy; Large pinch of ground nutmeg; 3 eggs; 8 red glace cherries