Today, there are many cheesecake recipes. At the heart of each of them is the most delicate curd souffle, laid on a thin crispy cake. The taste of cheesecake can be supplemented with aromatic jelly, chocolate, almond crisps, fresh or canned fruits. A special niche among cottage cheese desserts is cheesecake with strawberries, combining a soft cottage cheese flavor with a rich aroma of ripe berries. In addition, he is simply amazingly beautiful!
What to do?
Strawberry cheesecake is not just a dessert. This dish is worthy of the most solemn feast. It is served at the table at the most sophisticated events, it is the hallmark of the best pastry shops and bakeries. Therefore, saving on product quality is not worth it. For its preparation, we will choose the most ripe and sweet strawberries that we can get. We will make the same high demands on the curd base: take the freshest home-made cottage cheese and mascarpone from a producer with a good reputation.
Approximate proportions
For cake:
- Slightly less than half a cup of chopped unsalted cookies. To make strawberry cheesecake, crackers are great.
- A tablespoon of sugar, you can white, and preferably brown, or a mixture of them.
- 4 tablespoons of melted butter.
For filling:
- About 800 g of tender curd or cream cheese, cheese mass or creamy curd. Soft non-fat home-made cottage cheese is also suitable, only you have to kill it with a blender.
- One and a half glasses of sugar.
- A quarter cup of starch, better than corn.
- A teaspoon of vanilla sugar.
- 2 large eggs + 2 egg whites.
- Half a glass of thick cream or homemade sour cream.
For cream topping:
- 2 cups sour cream.
- Half a glass of sugar.
- A bit of vanilla sugar (to taste).
For strawberry decoration:
- 700-800 g of fresh strawberries.
- 2 cups of strawberry jelly to garnish with a cheesecake.
Recipe: Cottage Cheese with Strawberries Crispy Cheesecake
First, let's make a cake. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Place a bowl of hot water on the bottom shelf. We cover the detachable baking dish with foil, which we moisten with vegetable oil. Grind crackers in a food processor or squeeze a thin rolling pin to make small crumbs, almost sand. We mix all the ingredients for the cake, distribute the resulting mass on the surface of the mold. And we begin to prepare the filling. Beat cheese (cottage cheese) in the combine , add sugar and starch, beat again at low speed. Add the remaining ingredients, beat the last time. Pour the filling into the prepared form over the cake, bake for about 60-70 minutes. While the cheesecake is baking, we prepare creamy topping. To do this, stir the cream with regular and vanilla sugar until completely homogeneous. Let the baked cheesecake cool slightly and apply the creamy mass on top. Again, send to the oven for 7-9 minutes, so that the top turns red. Turn off the oven and, without opening the door, let the cheesecake cool.
How to Decorate Strawberry Cheesecake
First of all, we are talking, of course, about the berries themselves. They need to be washed and cut into slices with a sharp knife. Gently spread over the cheesecake and pour freshly prepared thick strawberry jelly, distributing it with a culinary brush. Before serving the dessert, you need to let it brew until the jelly completely hardens. Everything, the cheesecake with strawberries is ready!