Cheesecake
Description
It pairs perfectly with tea and coffee. Some consider cheesecake a favorite dish of European cuisine, others—American. But the fact that cheesecake is very popular here is undeniable. The base of a cheesecake is cream cheese and cookies.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Crush the cookies in a blender or with a rolling pin. Melt the butter and mix it with the cookies. Spread this mixture into a pan, press it with your hands and form a rim. Place the pan with the crust in the refrigerator.
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Step 2
2. The filling should be beaten at a low speed. Beat the cheese, vanilla sugar and regular sugar, flour. Add the eggs, cream, lemon zest to this mixture one by one, continuously beating the entire mass with a mixer. The result should be a thick, sour cream‑like mass.
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Step 3
3. Take the pan with the crust out of the refrigerator and pour the cheese mixture into it. Since we will bake the cheesecake in a water bath, wrap the pan in foil so water doesn’t get in. Place the pan into a larger pan and fill it with boiling water up to half. Put the cheesecake pan into it and bake in the oven for 1 hour 10 minutes.
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Step 4
4. To make the topping for the cheesecake, whisk together sour cream, sugar, and vanilla sugar. Take the cheesecake out of the oven. Spread the prepared topping over the cheesecake and put it back in the oven for 10 minutes.
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Step 5
5. Remove the finished cheesecake from the oven and let it cool. Separate the edges of the cheesecake from the pan, remove it, and place it in the refrigerator overnight.