Basque Cheesecake with Curd

Baking and Desserts | Spanish cuisine

⏳ Time

1 hour + 12 hours

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

This recipe was shared with us by John Smith, the chef of a local bistro.

Ingredients

33% Cream - 8 fl oz
Semi-soft cream cheese - 2 lbs
Low-fat lactose-free milk - 7.1 oz
Chicken Egg - 9 pieces
Sugar - 8.8 oz
Vanilla salt - 0.5 oz
Wheat Flour - 0.5 oz
Corn Starch - 0.4 oz
Black Currant Jam - to taste

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Prepare all the ingredients.

Step 2

Pour the cream into the mixing bowl, add the eggs, cottage cheese, sugar, and the mixture of vanilla sugar, flour, and cornstarch.

Step 3

The mixture should be kneaded without whipping. Therefore, take the paddle attachment and set the mixer to a low speed. Mix the ingredients for 4–5 minutes, until the sugar dissolves and the mixture becomes more or less homogeneous.

Step 4

Add the cream cheese in portions, mixing each batch for 2–3 minutes.

Step 5

After adding all the cheese, knead the cottage cheese dough for 40 minutes on the lowest speed. Occasionally stop the mixer and use a silicone spatula to manually scrape the mixture from the bottom, as the attachment has difficulty reaching there. As a result, the mixture should become completely smooth, creamy, and thick.

Step 6

Line a 24 cm (9.5 inch) round baking pan with parchment paper. Carefully transfer the batter to the pan, smooth it out, and tap the bottom on the table to release any air bubbles and make the mixture even more uniform.