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Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 05 1:13 pm Post subject: cheesecake recipes
having managed to make some quite acceptable soft cheese, and strained yoghurt, I'd rather like to try making homemade cheesecake, esp in the summer when I could have new fruits with it. But I've never made one, and am not sure which recipes would be best - I do like both baked and er, unbaked, and with and without a base, so all ideas would be welcome.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 05 1:18 pm Post subject:
If I ever remember I'll get you the missus' cheesecake recipes, v good

sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 05 1:25 pm Post subject:
I've got a couple of nice recipes from Claudia Roden, but they use ricotta which isn't local. I'm happy to post them, but I'm not sure whether your cheese would have the right consistency? How ricotta-ish is it?

Bugs

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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 05 1:33 pm Post subject:
Well, it's the ricotta style cheese from the RC Year Book (or whatever it's called - the thinner, second one). It looks ricotta-ish to me. Have you tried it?

sean
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 05 1:34 pm Post subject:
No, sorry. I'll dig the recipes out and post them up later though.

cede

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Location: surrey

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 05 1:45 pm Post subject:

in our family we don't like the baked variety and can't be bothered with the gelatine hassle so i always do mary berry's easy lemon cheesecake which can be topped with whatever fruit you choose.
for base i use 15 digestives crushed in whizzer with 2oz of melted butter, firmly pressed into a 9in flan dish and left to set. for filling use 150ml single cream, tin of condensed milk, 175g soft cheese and grated rind of 3 lemons. mix together and then add the juice of the 3 lemons a bit at a time. pour into flan case and leave to set in fridge for minimum 4 hours and when ready to serve decorate with fruit and await the compliments!! i did one last night as OH's birthday cake.
just as an aside mary berry's ultimate cake book is worth buying or getting out of the library, she has a whole chapter on cheesecakes and i constantly do her tray bakes and biscuits - excellent

sean
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 05 1:51 pm Post subject:

100g almonds, finely chopped
A few drops almond essence
300g fresh ricotta
300g clear honey (nicely scented stuff if possible)
3 eggs
butter
2 tbsps breadcrumbs
juice of 1 orange

Mash the ricotta, or whizz in a blender, then add the almonds, almond essence, 200g honey and the eggs.
Grease a flan dish with butter, dust with the breadcrumbs and pour in the ricotta mixture.
Bake at 200C for about 45 minutes.
Turn out.
Beat together the rest of the honey and the orange juice, then pour over the warm cake.
Serve cold. 24 hours for it to soak up the honey/OJ mixture is good.

twoscoops

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1924
Location: Warwickshire

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 05 2:03 pm Post subject:
Those chilled ones are ever so easy. Click on the link and you may see a picture of one I made last year. It is on some obscure website, I hope nobody minds. https://forum.rivercottage.net/about4970.html&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15 Also made a toblerone cheesecake a couple of weeks ago, was v nice.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 05 3:48 pm Post subject:
Be fantastic with the boil-in-the-can carnation milk toffee stuff! I love cheesecake!

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
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Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 05 4:52 pm Post subject:
I don't have any recipes I'm afraid, but I would be happy to volunteer to taste test. Baked or unbaked, I don't mind.

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