cheese cake recipe

[drussila]

I'm looking for a simple, quick, Cheese Cake recipe, as I would like to have a go at making my own, as I think supermarket ones are not very good.

[asciwhite]

Hi drussila, here is a cheats cuisine recipe for you....

Small packet of Digestive buiscuts ( chocolate if you like) bashed up to crumbs then mixed with

75gr of melted Butter or so to make the base, pressed into a spring tin and cooled in the fridge whilst you make the topping

I sachet of gelatin melted in juice of 2/3 lemons I do this in the microwave, it only takes 20/30 secs

in a bowl whisk together

1 284ml soured cream

1 tin of condensed milk

1 and 1/4 packs Philladelphia cheese

Rind of 1 lemon

then add in the gelatin liquid whisking to incorporate

Pour onto buiscut base and set in the frigde.

You can decorate with mandarins

asci x

[asciwhite]

I can't spell biscut!!!!!

[Clanad]

Here's another that's simple but baked... It's very similar to one we do here in the U.S., but this one includes terminology favorable to the U.K...

1 packet (between 200 and 250g) ginger biscuits
125g butter
200g pack of cream cheese
200g of cottage cheese
100g of sour cream or milk
2 eggs
half cup of white sugar
2 tablespoons of cornflour
juice of one lemon and grated rind
2 drops vanilla extract

How to make Lemon Cheescake:
Preheat your oven to gas mark 2

Crush the ginger biscuits by wrapping them in a tea towel or plastic bag and beating them with a rolling pin. It is cathartic, so go ahead and beat them senseless. Place the crushed biscuits in a large bowl and then melt the butter in a saucepan and pour it over the biscuits. mix together well and press firmly into the base of a greased loose bottomed tin. Place the biscuit base in the fridge to harden while you make the cheesecake filling.

After pushing the cream cheese and cottage cheese through a sieve to break up lumps, combine all the ingredients except the egg whites together with the cheeses and whisk together well until smooth. In a seperate clean bowl, whisk the egg whites into peaks and then fold with a metal spoon into the cream cheese mixture, being careful to keep as much air in the eggs as possible (to make your cheescake lovely and light). Pour this mixture over the buscuit base. Bake for about an hour. You will know when it is ready because a skewer pushed into the cheesecake will come out clean. Remove from the oven and run a knife around the inside of the tin (his stops the surface from cracking as the chessecake cools. Allow to cool fully and chill before serving.

[Clanad]

And one more we use...

And... one more:

Base:
1 1/4 c. Graham Wafer Crumbs
1/4 lb. Butter (not a speck more)
1/2 c. Brown Sugar

Mix and press on sides and bottom of a 9" springform pan.

Filling:
2 8oz. pkgs. Cream Cheese (not lite)
1/4 c. sugar
8 oz. Cottage or Ricotta Cheese (We use Cottage)
2 Eggs
1 tsp. Vanilla
3/4 c. Milk

Beat cream cheese and sugar together. Add cottage cheese and beat again. Add eggs while beating and then add vanilla and milk and mix well. Pour into base and bake 350 deg F for 1 hour.

Once cake has cooled, top it with any canned pie pie filling ... Enjoy!

By the way, here's an excellent conversion tool for cooks...

http://www.goodcooking.com/conversions/liq_dry.htm

[ermintrude35]

..a small pack of digestives( crushed )

half a pack of butter melted( for base)

1 tub of Philadelphia (NOT the light version-it wont set)

1 carton of double cream whipped

juice and zest of 1 lemon

1 pack of lemon jelly made up to half strength on packet instructions

..easy ...make base...mix everything else together..set in fridge...nice and tangy on it's own or top with fruit of your choice...you could also experiment with other flavour jelly such as lime or raspberry...

[Denise S.]

Our favourite cheesecake recipe of all time :

8" loose bottom tin. Crush 10 McVities Digest.Biscuits (I use rolling pin) add 2 oz. melted butter and 2 oz caster sugar. Press into tin, making sure you press up the sides of the tin 1". Chill WELL.

Beat 8 oz. Philly Cheese until smooth, add 3 oz. Caster Sugar. Beat 2 large eggs and SLOWLY add to the cheese mixture (do not curdle) Mix well. Add 1 teas.vanilla extract. Pour onto base and bake for 20 mins at 180 deg. C. Cool.

Mix 5 oz. soured cream with 2 Tablespoons caster sugar add 1 teas vanilla extract pour onto baked filling. Put back into a slighter hotter oven 200 deg. C. for about 10 mins. chill overnight (preferable)

This is rich (American recipe) and any leftovers can be frozen. (although not in our house !)

[lady_p_gold]

The Greens cheesecake mix is a good cheat and no cooking