Recipe for Cheesecake
Cheesecake is a beloved dessert that has been enjoyed for centuries, featuring a rich, velvety filling made primarily from cream cheese, sugar, and eggs, nestled atop a crumbly crust often made from crushed graham crackers, cookies, or pastry. The recipe below is for 16 servings, but as a cheesecake, can get sliced in different sizes.
Servings: 16 yield(s)
Prep Time: 105 mins
Cook Time: 65 mins
Total Time: 170 mins
Ingredients
    Graham Cracker
  • 7 oz Graham Cracker Crumbs
  • 1 oz Salted Butter
  • 1 pinch Salt
    • Cheesecake
  • 32 oz Full-fat Cream Cheese (Brought up to about 70°F/21°C)
  • 8 oz Fresh Goat Cheese (Brought up to about 70°F/21°C)
  • 1/2 oz Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 oz Vanilla Extract
  • 1/4 tsp Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt
  • 1/4 tsp Orange Flower Water
  • 14 oz Plain or Toasted Sugar
  • 6 Eggs
  • 6 oz Heavy Cream
Instructions
    Graham Cracker Crust
  1. Add graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, and salt to the pan
  2. Stir until they are mixed well
    3. Cheesecake
  3. Preheat oven to 450°F/230°C
  4. Combine cream cheese, goat cheese, lemon juice, vanilla extract, salt, and orange flower water in a bowl with a stand mixer
  5. Mix on low power until the ingredients are combined
  6. Put speed on medium-low and add all the sugar
  7. Remove the bowl from the stand mixer and put a sieve above the bowl
  8. Crack the eggs in the sieve and whisk until they pass through
  9. In a 1-quart stainless steel pot, bring the cream to a full boil
  10. While mixing slowly, add the hot cream all at once
  11. Pour batter into the prepared pan and place on a baking sheet
  12. Put the cheesecake in the oven, and set the oven to 250°F/120°C
  13. The cheesecake will be done when the very center registers 145°F/63°C on a digital thermometer inserted to a depth of 2-inches
  14. Cool it for 15 minutes
  15. Refrigerate it for 12 hours