Cheesecake
"This is a terrific recipe if you're looking to try an alternative to the cream cheese cheesecakes."
- Ready In:
- 48hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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2 Cheesecakes
ingredients
- 2 lbs dry curd cottage cheese
- 3⁄4 cup soft butter
- 1 1⁄2 cups white sugar
- 4 egg yolks, plus
- 1 whole egg
- 3⁄4 cup thick sweet cream (whipping cream)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
directions
- Press dry curds through a metal sieve using a heavy duty wooden spoon.
- Cream butter, vanilla and sugar, then combine with cheese.
- Beat egg yolks and egg together, blend into cheese/butter mixture, and stir in remaining ingredients.
- Line 2 500 gram size clay flower pots with a double thickness dampened cheese cloth.
- Fill containers with cheese mixture, pressing firmly.
- Cover with dampened cheese cloth and small plate with a heavy weight on top.
- Place each cheese cake in a pie plate (to catch milky drippings) in the fridge and allow to drain for at least 24 hours (48 hrs even better).
- Unmold each cake, removing all cheese cloths.
- Replace in fridge until ready to serve.
- Decorate with strawberries cut in half just before serving, if desired.
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This was good- but the texture is different than what I expected- maybe I did something wrong, but it was a little mushy.
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Hi there, my name is Christine, and I'm a HUGE foodie :-) I'm currently working on more recipe postings...I have a binder bursting with tasty dishes that I'd love to share with you.
More about myself, I currently work in retail, after a year and a bit of formal traning in the kitchen at George Brown College. I now keep my cooking on a hobby level, but dinner parties are just that little bit tastier with my education (Yes, I'm very proud of my training). My favourite cookbook has to be Rachael Ray's 30 minute meals. Even though I like to cook, it's always nice to get a great meal on the table in a short period of time.
When I have spare time, I'm always on the lookout for a tasty new recipe to try out. I enjoy reading, needlepoint, travelling, and working out (It's the only way I get to eat my culinary creations without gaining TOO much weight)
