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New York Cheesecake with Berries

17/11/2023

Here is the recipe for a New York cheesecake with berries with an Italian twist on the topping.

Ingredients

For the base:

  • 150 g of digestive biscuits
  • 75 g of melted butter

For the filling:

  • 900 g of creamy cheese (like Philadelphia)
  • 200 g of sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tablespoons of flour
  • 250 ml of fresh cream
  • 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
  • The grated zest of 1 lemon (to accentuate the taste with an Italian touch)

For the topping:

  • Assorted berries (blueberries, raspberries, red currants, strawberries)
  • Icing sugar (optional)
  • Lemon juice

Preparation

  1. Prepare the base by crushing the digestive biscuits in a food processor until you get a fine flour. Mix the biscuit powder with the melted butter until you obtain a homogeneous mixture. Press the mixture onto the bottom of a 23 cm diameter springform pan and let it cool in the refrigerator.

  2. For the filling, in a large bowl, blend the creamy cheese and the sugar until smooth. Add the eggs and the yolk, one at a time, continuing to mix. Incorporate flour, fresh cream, vanilla extract, and grated lemon zest.

  3. Pour the cheese mixture over the biscuit base in the pan and level it with a spatula.

  4. Bake in a preheated oven at 160 °C for 55-60 minutes or until the cheesecake is almost set in the center but still slightly wobbly.

  5. Turn off the oven, open the door slightly and let the cheesecake cool inside for about 1 hour to avoid cracks. Then, remove it from the oven and let it cool completely before refrigerating for at least 4 hours.

  6. For the topping, arrange the berries on the surface of the cheesecake. If you like, dust with icing sugar and sprinkle a little lemon juice on top to enhance the taste of the fruit.

Curiosity

The New York cheesecake is famous for its rich and dense consistency, which comes from the particular method of baking at a low temperature and the slow cooling. Adding lemon zest to the recipe is not traditional for the New York version, but it is a small Italian reinterpretation that gives a fresher and more aromatic flavor to the cheesecake.

New York cheesecake with berries