Traditional cheesecake is a sweet pie with a creamy cheese filling served with a syrup on top. Learn how to make this delicious treat:
Today we bring you a recipe that is very popular in the United States, but arrived in Brazil and became a success in bakeries: the traditional cheesecake.
It is a sweet pie with a creamy cheese filling, traditionally served with a syrup on top, which is most often strawberry or red fruit. Therefore, it is a great option to serve as a dessert on special occasions, such as Sunday lunch or a romantic dinner.
O Preparation time is 60 minutes and yields 12 servings.
Take the opportunity to also check out the Bis pie recipe.
Traditional cheesecake recipe
Ingredients
- 1 package of cornstarch biscuits
- 1/2 cup liquid margarine
- Cinnamon powder to taste
- 4 pots of cream cheese (200 or 220 g each)
- 4 eggs (always one egg for each pot of cream)
- Juice of 1 large lemon
- Vanilla essence to taste
- Sugar to taste
Preparation mode
- Let’s start with the cheesecake base. Therefore, start beating the biscuit in the blender until it forms a flour.
- Then transfer to a bowl and add the liquid butter and cinnamon.
- Then, knead well with your hands until it forms crumbs, a kind of crumbly dough.
- Grease a removable bottom baking dish approximately 25 cm in diameter, with dabs of margarine.
- Place the dough in the pan and use your hands to compact the farofa at the bottom, working its way up the sides.
- So, bake the dough in a preheated oven at 180ºC for 10 minutes.
- Then remove from the oven and let it cool.
- Meanwhile, let’s prepare the cheesecake filling. Therefore, beat the cream cheese for 2 minutes in the mixer.
- Then add the other ingredients and beat until a homogeneous cream is formed.
- Once done, pour the filling mixture into the pre-baked dough and bake for more 20 minutes in a preheated oven at 180ºC.
- Then remove from the oven and let it cool before placing it in the refrigerator.
- Then just use the topping of your choice, remove the mold and the cheesecake is ready to serve.
Tips for preparing traditional cheesecake
- As for coverage, the sky is the limit. There are several sauces and toppings that go well with cheesecake. Some options are red fruit jelly (raspberry, blackberry, strawberry), chocolate syrup, lemon zest, etc. In fact, learn how to make blackberry jam here.
- In fact, if you are going to use chocolate syrup, the tip is to put the cold syrup over the very cold cheesecake.
- In addition to being tasty, cheesecake is also a pie that pleases the eyes, So go for a really pretty decoration, with fruits and so on.
- An important tip is to never use light cream cheese in this recipe. This is because the filling will not reach the ideal texture for cutting.
- Furthermore, it is essential to use liquid butter, because in the case of normal melted margarine, the texture of the dough changes after freezing and the result is not as good.
So, did you like the recipe? Then you will also like this Italian straw pie recipe.
Sources: Tudo Gostoso Technical Cuisine Nestlé Recipes
