CHEESECAKE CLÁSICO

Cheesecake is one of my favorite desserts and I think it is for most people too, it is the perfect combination of sweet and creamy cheese, uff, the best! so today I bring this recipe for a classic Cheesecake, one of the  basic pastries, knowing how to make a cheesecake, you can put the topping that you please or modify it to make it of different flavors, but first you have to know the basics and I realized that I didn’t have this recipe on the blog, so be it! cheesecake lessons  in 3, 2, 1 ….

The first to be defined to achieve the perfect cheesecake is the crust or base, I love to make it with Maria cookies, because it is simple and tasty, but personally, I give a different touch by using brown butter (my other obsession after vanilla ), but you can use regular butter if you like, that’s very personal hehe, just never use salted butter.

After our foundation is laid, baked and golden, define the most important part, the filling,  our mix must be consistent, so do not skimp on the cheese, the final product is a cheesecake, for God’s sake, it is a cheesecake! haha it takes a lot of cheese, cream, vanilla and eggs, this combined with a perfect cooking by double bath technique (it allow the temperature to be evenly distributed throughout the cake), manages to make your cheesecake the best in the whole world. When I make a dessert at bain-marie, I make sure that there is always a cloth or paper between the two containers, because this way I prevent bubbles that will make the cooking uneven.

I remember that one of my first birthday’s in Mexico, my husband gave me a big cheesecake with strawberries, we spent 2 weeks eating it, there was a point where I thought I would hate cheesecake for a while, but nope, it is definitely impossible haha.

I definitely think this is one of the best desserts in the world and certainly one of my best recipes, I adore it, so do I entrust it to you, I hope you make it at home, share it with your family and treasure it like do.

CLASSIC CHEESECAKE

Time Prep. 4 hours 30 mins |Cooking time 1 hour | Yield: 8

A simply perfect dessert,  with a base of crispy cookies with a smooth, creamy and delicate filling, classic cheesecake with strawberries.

Ingredients
BASE

• 100 grams of maria cookies
• ¼ cup (50 grams) of sugar
• 1 pinch of vanilla salt
• 5 tbsp. of brown butter

FILLING

• 600g of cream cheese
• 1 cup of plain yogurt
• ¾ cup (150grs) of sugar
• ½ tsp. of lemon zest
• ½ tsp. of vanilla
• 2 tbsp. of cornflour
• 4 eggs
• strawberries

Instructions

1. To make the base of our classic cheesecake, place in the food processor the marías cookies and the sugar, ground them very well, transfer it to a bowl and combine with the salt and butter. Pour the crushed cookies into a mold and flatten it well, bake at 350 ° F for 10 minutes or until it becomes lightly browned, remove it from the oven and let it cool.
2. To make the filling, place in a mixer or blender the cream cheese, then add the sugar, yogurt and lemon zest with vanilla, finally add the eggs one by one.
3. Pour the filling into the cookie base and put it at bain-marie. Remember that the bain-marie must be hot before putting the cheesecake in to the oven.
4. Bake at 350ºF  your classic cheesecake for 1 hour.
5. When it’s ready remove it from the oven and let it cool completely, then refrigerate for at least 4 hours before demolding.
6. Garnish with fresh strawberries or your favorite topping.

I hope you try this recipe and tell me that you made out with it, try using a springform pan, I don’t have a small one, so I manage with what I have, but with the springform pan is amazing, remember to let your cheesecake stand  in the refrigerator for 4 hours at least, I like to leave it all night and the fridge helps it settle well, so you can unmold it easily.