Cheesecakes
Recipes - Baked Cheesecake with Fresh Fruits Recipe
Cheesecakes
Recipes
- Baked Cheesecake with Fresh Fruits
Ingredients
175g/6oz
digestive biscuits, crushed
50g/2oz unsalted
butter, melted
450g/1lb curd
cheese
150ml/1/4 pint
soured cram
115g/4oz caster
sugar
3 eggs, separated
grated rind of 1
lemon
30ml/2 tbsp
Marsala
2.5ml/1/2 tsp
almond essence
50g/2oz ground
almonds
50g/2oz sultanas
450g/1lb prepared
mixed fruits, such as figs, cherries, peaches and
strawberries, to decorate
Method:
Preheat the oven
to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease and line the sides of a
25cm round spring form tin. Combine the biscuits and
butter and press into the base of the tin. Chill for
20 minutes.
For the cake
mixture, beat together the cheese, cream, sugar, egg
yolks, lemon rind, Marsala and almond essence until
smooth and creamy.
Whisk the egg
whites until stiff and fold into the cheese mixture
with all the remaining ingredients, except the
fruit, until evenly combined. Pour over the biscuit
base and bake for 45 minutes, until risen and just
set in the centre.
Leave in the tin
until completely cold. Carefully remove the tin and
peel away the lining paper.
Chill the
cheesecake for at least 1 hour before decorating
with the prepared fruits, just before serving.