- Serves
- 8
- Active time
- 30 minutes
- Total time
- 90 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Source
- https://www.joshuaweissman.com/post/cheesecake-basque-style
Ingredients
- Cream cheese (678 gram)
- Salt (4 gram)
- Egg (6 unit)
- Mascarpone (226 gram)
- Sugar (320 gram)
- Double cream (415 millilitre)
- Vanilla extract (7 gram)
- Orange blossom water (9 gram)
- All purpose flour (52 gram)
Method
- Start by buttering up the tin and press in a sheet of parchment paper. Once the first sheet is pressed in tightly, add another sheet of parchment.
- To a stand mixing bowl, add the cream cheese and mascarpone then mix on low speed.
- Once the mixture is smooth, gradually add in granulated sugar while mixing. Increase speed to medium when almost all the sugar has been added.
- Mix and scrape down the sides until smooth.
- On medium speed, add in eggs one at a time and once all the eggs are added add in the egg yolk.
- Once incorporated, add in sea salt, heavy cream, vanilla extract and orange blossom water. Mix until smooth.
- Sift in all-purpose flour. Mix on medium speed until combined.
- Pour cheesecake batter directly into the cake pan.
- Place the pan onto a baking sheet and into a 205°C for 1 hour. The top side should be dark brown verging on burnt colour.
- Let cool at room temperature while still in the pan.
- Remove cake pan once the cake has fallen a bit and let the cake cool all the way to room temperature before removing the parchment paper.
- Serve at room temperature.
Equipment
- 9-inch round springform tin