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Nigella Lawson New York Cheesecake

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Ingredients

  • 250 g digestive biscuit
  • 150 g Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter
  • 3 tablespoons caster sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cornflour
  • 750 g soft cream cheese
  • 6 egg yolk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 150 ml double cream
  • 150 ml sour cream
  • 1 lemons, zest of
  • 0.50 teaspoon salt
  • 6 egg white
  • 1 to taste Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please icing sugar
  • 1 to taste raspberries
  • 1 to taste blackberries

Use imperial measurements

Method

How to make Nigella Lawson New York Cheesecake

  • Crush the digestive biscuits to fine crumbs in a blender or food processor. Add the melted butter and sugar and mix. Press onto base of greased 24cm springform cake tin. Chill for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
  • Mix the cornflour with the sugar and beat in the cream cheese, egg yolks and vanilla extract with an electric mixer (or by hand).
  • Slowly pour in heavy cream and sour cream, beating constantly. Add the lemon zest.
  • Clean and dry your whisk. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with the salt to stiff peaks, then fold into the cheese mixture carefully.
  • Scoop cheese onto base. Bake in a 170°C oven 1 to 1 1/2 hours without opening the oven door until golden brown on top. Turn off the heat and let the cake stand in the oven for two more hours. Open door, stand a further hour. Then chill it in the refir
  • Serve chilled, dusted with icing sugar and decorated with berries.

(Courtesy of Food.com)