Burnt Basque Cheesecake

Ingredients

  • 700g cream cheese
  • 230g mascarpone
  • 5 eggs + 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp cooking salt
  • 320g raw sugar
  • 420g double cream
  • 10g vanilla extract
  • 60g plain flour
  • butter for preparing cake tin

Method

Step 1: Turn on the oven to heat at 200ºC

Step 2: Butter a 7 inch spring-open cake tin, then add cut-to-size parchment paper to the bottom

Step 3: To a mixing bowl add the cream cheese & mascarpone & mix with an electric hand mixer or kitchen aid on low speed until combined

Step 4: Next add the sugar in a little at a time, mixing until it is completely combined with the wet mixture

Step 5: Increase the speed to medium & beat in one egg at a time, finishing with the remaining yolk, followed by the salt, vanilla & cream

Step 6: Finally add the flour, mix thoroughly before pouring the batter into the prepared cake tin

Step 7: Cook for 60 minutes before cooking to room temperature

Step 8: Serve room temperature with strawberry coolie

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