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Cheesecakes have been around from the ancient times, and can be found in almost all cuisines of the world in some form or the other. Most families have a traditional cheesecake recipe that is handed down the generations. With the proliferation of fast food chains specializing in cheesecakes, much of the mystique surrounding it has been lost. Yet, a well made cheesecake can be the most perfect way to impress your family and friends. Here is a traditional recipe for a cheesecake made with goat cheese, strawberries and basil leaves.<\/p>\n
Complexity Level<\/u>: Basic<\/p>\n
Time Required<\/u>: Prep time – 2 hours, setting time \u00e2\u0080\u0093 overnight<\/p>\n
Resources Required<\/u>:<\/p>\n
1. Spring form baking tin<\/p>\n
2. A roasting pan large enough to hold the baking tin<\/p>\n
3. Aluminum foil<\/p>\n
For the crust<\/u><\/p>\n
1. Graham crackers – 10 ounces <\/p>\n
2. Ground cinnamon – 1\/2 teaspoon <\/p>\n
3. Butter – 4 ounces <\/p>\n
For the filling<\/u><\/p>\n
1. Cream cheese – 4 ounces <\/p>\n
2. Goat cheese – 4 ounces <\/p>\n
3. Sour cream – 1 pint <\/p>\n
4. Eggs – 3 <\/p>\n
5. Sugar – 1 cup<\/p>\n
6. Juice and zest of 1 lemon <\/p>\n
7. Vanilla extract – 1\/2 teaspoon<\/p>\n
For the topping <\/u><\/p>\n
1. Fresh strawberries – 6 ounces, destemmed and halved <\/p>\n
2. Sugar – 1\/4 cup <\/p>\n
3. Juice of 2 lemons<\/p>\n
4. Grand Marnier – 2 ounces <\/p>\n
5. Fresh basil leaves – 1\/2 cup <\/p>\n
6. Crumbled goat cheese – 2 tablespoons <\/p>\n
Instructions<\/u><\/p>\n
1. Blend the crackers, cinnamon and the butter together till it reaches an even consistency.<\/p>\n
2. Wrap foil around the baking tin.<\/p>\n
3. Press the blended crackers into the base of the tin, and smooth it with the back of a spoon.<\/p>\n
4. Put the tin in the freezer for about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n
5. Blend all the ingredients for the filling for about two minutes in a food processor. You may need to scrape the sides of the blender a couple of times so that all the ingredients are evenly blended. <\/p>\n
6. Take out the tin from the freezer and pour the filling into it.<\/p>\n
7. Heat about a liter of water to boiling point and keep ready.<\/p>\n
8. Put the baking tin in the center of the roasting pan and place it in the center rack of an oven preheated to 325\/175.<\/p>\n
9. Pour the hot water carefully into roasting pan around the baking tin till it is roughly about 1 inch deep.<\/p>\n
10. Bake for 45 minutes. Let it sit in the oven for another 45 minutes with the oven switched off.<\/p>\n
11. Let it chill in the refrigerator overnight in the baking tray. Take it out after that and release the tin and take the cake out on to a serving plate.<\/p>\n
12. Pour all the topping ingredients except the crumbled goat cheese and basil into a saucepan and heat it over a low fire till the sugar melts and the topping becomes slightly thick. Take the strawberries out of the mixture at this point, and continue to cook the topping for a few minutes more till it reduces to about half the volume. Take it off the heat and let it cool.<\/p>\n
13. Arrange the strawberries on top of the cheesecake and pour the topping generously it. Sprinkle the crumbled goat cheese and basil leaves.<\/p>\n
14. Slice into wedges and serve.<\/p>\n
Tips<\/u><\/p>\n
1. Make sure that all the filling ingredients are at room temperature.<\/u><\/p>\n
2. You can also bake it at 300\/150 for an hour and let it sit in the oven for another hour.<\/p>\n
3. You can replace the Grand Marnier with any other orange or citrus fruit liqueur.<\/p>\n\n
Cheesecakes have been around from the ancient times, and can be found in almost all cuisines of the world in some form or the other. Most families have a traditional cheesecake recipe that is handed down the generations. With the proliferation of fast foo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/culinaryguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/culinaryguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/culinaryguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/culinaryguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/culinaryguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/culinaryguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/culinaryguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/culinaryguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/culinaryguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/culinaryguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}