New York Cheesecake by Loulla Astin hosted on Honest Mum

Auntie Loulla (Loulla Astin) is my mom’s sister and the award profitable restaurateur of the well-known Kosmos Greek Taverna in Manchester.

Her profession has seen her prepare dinner on TV many instances, together with presenting her personal cookery collection on SKY and he or she was even invited to satisfy The Queen at Buckingham Palace too.

Right here she shares her superb New York Cheesecake recipe which occurs to be my husband’s all-time favorite dessert.

Over to Auntie Lou:

All people thinks cheesecake is American or French, however the reality is it was invented by the Historic Greeks for the primary Olympics. The People have undoubtedly perfected it although!

Get pleasure from!

Elements:

Crust

• 175g (6oz) digestive biscuits
• 75g (3oz) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 50g (3oz) caster sugar

Filling

• 600g mushy cheese
• 170g (6oz) caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tbs cornflour
• Grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
• 275g (1/2pint) double cream

Topping

• 250g (8oz) blueberries or blackberries (we used blackberries)
• 3tbs caster sugar
• 1 tsp cornflour
• 1tbs water

Technique:

Preheat the oven to 180°C, 350f, Fuel mark 4.Grease and line 1x23cm (9inch) spring cake tin. Place biscuits with the sugar in a meals processor and course of for a couple of seconds. Add the butter and course of once more till combined. Tip into the tin and press frivolously and bake for 8 minutes. Take away from the oven and funky.

Place all of the filling components in a meals processor and mix till easy and pour onto base.

Bake for 50 minutes till set and golden throughout, however not brown. Flip the oven off, depart the cheesecake to chill within the oven with the door open. Refrigerate for a couple of hours or in a single day.

Warmth topping components till blueberries/blackberries burst and pour over cheesecake, beautify and chill till set, or spoon over simply earlier than serving.

All the time take away the cheesecake from the fridge not less than ½ hour earlier than serving because it tastes nicer that means!

Do additionally be a part of Loulla’s non-public Fb Group which has hundreds of members: Loulla’s Recipe Share.