New York Cheesecake
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Ingredients
- 250g digestive biscuits
- 150g butter
- 6 egg whites
- 225g castor sugar
- 2tbs cornflour
- 3tbs sugar
- 750g Full fat soft cream cheese
- 6 egg yolks
- 2ts vanilla extract
- 150ml double cream
- 150ml sour cream
- 1ts salt
- 1 lemon zest grated
Accompaniment
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Description
recipe book me and my girlfriend love it but it is not health food
Method
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1 Crush the digestive biscuits to fine crumbs in a blender or food processor. Add the melted butter and sugar and mix. Press onto base of greased 24cm springform cake tin. Chill for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
2 Mix the cornflour with the sugar and beat in the cream cheese, egg yolks and vanilla extract with an electric mixer (or by hand).
3 Slowly pour in heavy cream and sour cream, beating constantly. Add the lemon zest.
4 Clean and dry your whisk. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with the salt to stiff peaks, then fold into the cheese mixture carefully.
5 Scoop cheese onto base. Bake in a 170°C oven 1 to 1 1/2 hours without opening the oven door until golden brown on top. Turn off the heat and let the cake stand in the oven for two more hours. Open door, stand a further hour. Then chill it in the refirgerator for a few hours.
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Wow there is a lot of cream cheese - is this a really wet cheesecake?