Hey /ck/ I wanna make a cheesecake for my wonderful family this holiday. Any recommend recipes
Supposedly this is my great grandmother's recipe. I am skeptical of that and it certainly isn't a secret, so here:
Graham cracker crust
1 C graham cracker crumbs
3 T sugar
.25 t cinnamon
3 T butter (I generally go 3.5-4)
Melt butter & mix into the crumbs, sugar, and cinnamon. Butter the bottom of pan and press crumb mix evenly in pan. Set aside.
Filling-eggs and cream cheese at room temp
1 lemon (For shaving peel. Can also use 1-2 T juice, but don't skip the lemon. It's more important than it sounds.)
24 ounces cream cheese (3 packages; I use full fat Philadelphia)
1 C Sugar
.25 t salt
5 large eggs
-Preheat oven to 350.
-Finely grate 2 t lemon rind (or throw in lemon juice)
-Beat cream cheese and lemon at medium speed until very creamy.
-Add sugar, salt, and eggs. Beat at medium speed ~10 minutes. Should be smooth, creamy, lemon colored, and homogeneous. If you want to do sacrilegious stuff like adding chocolate do so here.
-Pour into crumb lined pan and bake for 45 minutes. I just moved to almost 8,000 feet, and it was almost overdone at ~32 minutes. Check often until you get the timing nailed down.
-Remove from oven and let set 20 minutes. You'll need the oven again.
Top layer
1.5 C sour cream
2 T sugar
.5 t vanilla extract
-Beat ingredients by hand.
-Smooth over cheesecake and bake 10 more minutes.
Put it in your fridge uncovered (otherwise you might get a pond on top) until cool, then cover in foil or similar. Works best if left overnight.
This one's pretty legit. http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/marys_white_chocolate_55940
I swap out the ginger for a lime curd topping and use a white chocolate that comes with vanilla instead of adding extract, but the core recipe has been reliable.
>>7190722
That sounds interesting, what does the topping come out looking like?
>>7190704
>>7191630
Beautiful
>>7190704
Step family?
>>7190722
Ever trying doing part of the eggs yolks only? I wouldn't think whites add much to a cheesecake.
>>7191035
I make a very similar cheesecake and it's literally the best way to do it
The "topping" is delicious, it's actually clearer white than the actual cheesecake
http://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-york-style-sunshine-cheesecake.html
dat chef john mutha fucka be my hero.
>>7191035
it's just sour cream so it looks like frosting. it's mostly there to just cover up cracks.
which holiday?
>>7192199
You guess goy
>>7190704
Just use the recipe inside Phili cream cheese boxes or the powdered box recipe.
Make both for people to try each.
The real trick is topping.
I like blueberry and raspberry.
If you put sour cream on top, kill yourself. That's for burritos, not dessert.
>>7192030
My nigga i was looking at this yesterday. Love some chef john
still 2015
not making cheesecake with beer
http://www.thefoodinmybeard.com/recipe/beer-infused-desserts/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGCBWbKMWd8
What does /ck think of Ramsey's cheesecake?
There's not any secret best recipe, just depends on your tastes. Just making it not fuck up and it will at least taste good.
toppings are the only real variation that matters
