The famous New York cheesecake has many different recipes. It can be made from ricotta, cottage cheese, as well as from soft cheeses “Mascarpone” or “Philadelphia”. The result is a rather delicate, tasty and rich dessert that can be served with fruit or berry jam.
But, despite the fact that such a pie has many different ways of cooking, today we will only consider the classic New York cheesecake with cream cheese Philadelphia.
Essential Dessert Ingredients
Have to take:
- shortbread baked milk cookies - 500 g;
- fresh butter - 200 g;
- cream cheese "Philadelphia" - 700 g;
- large chicken eggs - 4 pcs.;
- 30% fat cream - 200 ml;
- icing sugar - 300 g;
- vanillin - 1 sachet.
How to make a base for a New York cheesecake dessertFor such a sweet dish, it is advisable to purchase only classic shortbread cookies made from baked milk (you can take "Jubilee"). It needs to be crushed into crumbs using a blender, and then put in a large bowl. After that, you need to take fresh butter and melt it in a steam bath. Next, the oil should be poured into a bowl with cookies and mix well. The resulting mass must be laid out in a detachable form, and then carefully tamped with a large spoon or the bottom of a glass cup.
Cooked cookies must be placed in the oven for exactly 15 minutes. Then the dishes should be removed and cooled in air.
How to make a filling for a New York cheesecake dessert
Cream cheese "Philadelphia" should be put in a deep bowl, and then add powdered sugar to it and beat well with a blender. As a result of such actions, you should get a homogeneous mass, to which you need to gradually add fatty 30% cream, chicken eggs and vanillin.
Dessert formation and heat treatment
Form a cheesecake "New York" should be only after both the base and the filling are completely ready. Thus, the cream cheese mixture must be poured into the dishes with a sand layer, and then put it in the oven for 95 minutes. Over time, you need to put out the fire, open the oven door and leave the sweet cake inside for another hour. Then the dead dessert should be placed in the refrigerator directly in the dish, where it is recommended to stand it all night.
After the cheesecake cools down and acquires the consistency that can easily be cut with a knife, it must be carefully separated from the sides of the detachable shape, and then completely transferred to the cake or large flat dish. On top of the cheese cake, you can sprinkle with cocoa powder or grated dark chocolate (optional).
Proper serving
How to make such a sweet dish in the original way, you can see in the photo below. The New York cheesecake recipe is served to the table only in cold form on portioned small saucers. It is also necessary to present hot tea or coffee with milk, jam, jam, jelly, sweet fresh fruits or berries with sourness to this cake.