The truly legendary American cheesecake is known in the USA as the New York Cheesecake. This coffee shop treat doesn’t watch the calories. That’s why it’s heavenly good.
Ingredients
- 200 g graham crackers
- 70 g lightly salted butter
- 3 tablespoons sugar
For the filling
- 800 g unflavoured cream cheese
- 400 g sugar
- 4 tablespoons wheat flour
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract or vanilla sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 7 eggs
- 100 g sour cream
To serve
- 8 tbsp strawberry jam
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 C. Line the outside of a springform pan (approx. 25cm diameter) with foil. The foil base must be waterproof, i.e. no seams can remain on the bottom.
- Melt the butter, grind the biscuits into crumbs. Combine these with sugar. Press the biscuit crumbs into the springform pan to form an even surface.
- Make the New York Cheesecake filling: In a food processor, mix the cream cheese, sugar and wheat flour. Run the processor on medium speed. Then add softened butter, and egg yolks. Mix until it smooth. Finally, smooth the mixture with the sour cream. Pour the cheesecake filling into the springform pan and smooth it out.
- Place a springform pan in a large baking dish with edges. Pour boiling water into the baking dish.
- Place the baking tray with the cheesecake in the oven and reduce the temperature to 150 C. Cook the cheesecake in a water bath for 1h 40 min. Test for doneness by tilting the pan. When ripe, the cake should be almost firm in the middle.
- You can cool the springform pan in cold water. Remove the cake from the water, take off the foil, wrap the top and place in the fridge to set overnight.
- Take the New York Cheesecake to room temperature an hour before serving. Serve with strawberry jam
Nutrition (values are an approximate guide)
Last Updated on June 12, 2022 by Flavorado
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