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Strawberry Cheesecake

Strawberry Cheesecake

A light-yet-rich cheesecake topped with an incredible Strawberry Sauce, it's a match made in heaven! Perfect for dessert lovers.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Chilling Time 6 hours
Total Time 7 hours 25 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Western
Servings 12 slices
Calories 489 kcal

Equipment

  • food processor
  • mixer
  • springform cake tin
  • Saucepan

Ingredients
  

Cheesecake Biscuit Base

  • 200 g Arnott's Marie crackers or other plain biscuit or 28 Graham Cracker squares
  • 120 g unsalted butter melted

Cheesecake Filling

  • 500 g cream cheese softened
  • 2 tablespoon plain flour all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup sour cream full fat, can substitute
  • 1.5 cups caster sugar superfine sugar
  • 1 unit lemon zest of
  • 3 unit eggs at room temperature

Strawberry Topping for Cheesecake

  • 500 g strawberries half diced and half halved
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice or water
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1.5 teaspoon cornflour/cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoon water

Instructions
 

Preparation

  • Preheat oven to 160C/320F (standard) or 140C/295F (fan/convection).
  • Get a 20cm/8" springform cake tin. Turn the base UPSIDE DOWN, butter lightly and place a square piece of parchment/baking paper on the base. Then clip into the springform pan - excess paper will stick out.
  • Butter and line the side of the pan.

Cheesecake Biscuit Base

  • Break up biscuits roughly by hand and place in a food processor.
  • Blitz until fine crumbs. Add butter, briefly blitz until dispersed and it resembles wet sand.
  • Pour into the prepared cake tin. Use a spatula to roughly spread it out over the base and up the walls.
  • Use something with a flat base and vertical edges to press the crumbs up the wall almost to the top of the sides, and flatten the base.

Filling

  • Use a mixer or beater to beat the cream cheese until just smooth, no longer than 20 seconds on speed 4.
  • Add flour, beat for 5 seconds on speed 4 until just incorporated.
  • Add vanilla, sour cream, sugar and lemon zest. Beat until just combined.
  • Add eggs one at a time, beat in between until just combined, and after the last one, beat just until the egg is fully incorporated.
  • Pour into prepared crust.
  • Bake for 55 minutes. The top should be a very light golden brown, not cracked, and near perfectly flat.
  • Cool the cake in the oven with the door open 20 cm / 8".
  • Refrigerate for 4 hours+ in the pan.
  • Remove sides. Use overhang paper to slide cheesecake off the cake pan.

Strawberry Topping for Cheesecake

  • Place chopped strawberries, vanilla, sugar and lemon juices in a saucepan. Stir then bring to simmer over medium heat.
  • Simmer for 10 minutes until strawberries breakdown.
  • Mix cornflour with water, then add into saucepan and stir.
  • Add halved strawberries and cook for 1 minute to soften.
  • Remove from stove and cool.
  • Once cool, stir and adjust thickness with a tiny touch of water.
  • Spoon onto cheesecake so it's covered with a single layer of strawberries.
  • Refrigerate 2 hours+.
  • Slice and serve with remaining Strawberry Sauce!

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 489kcal
Keyword cheesecake, creamy, dessert, Rich, strawberry, Strawberry Cheesecake
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