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Nigella Lawson New York Cheesecake Recipe

Name: Nigella Lawson New York Cheesecake
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 250 g digestive biscuits; 150 g butter, melted; 3 tablespoons caster sugar; 225 g caster sugar; 2 tablespoons cornflour; 750 g full fat soft cream cheese (like Philadelphia); 6 egg yolks; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 150 ml heavy cream; 150 ml sour cream; 1 lemon, zest of, grated; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 6 egg whites; icing sugar; raspberries or blackberry

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This cake is from 'How to be a Domestic Goddess' and is my favourite cheesecake recipe so far. I posted the original recipe but I usually replace half the cream cheese by Philadelphia Extra Light (6% fat), to make a lighter cheesecake, and take just 2/3 of the recipe and bake it in a 20cm springform for 1 hour.

Ingredients

250 g digestive biscuits

150 g butter, melted

3 tablespoons caster sugar

225 g caster sugar

2 tablespoons cornflour

750 g full fat soft cream cheese (like Philadelphia)

6 egg yolks

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

150 ml heavy cream

150 ml sour cream

1 lemon, zest of, grated

1/2 teaspoon salt

6 egg whites

icing sugar

raspberries or blackberry

Method

Crush the digestive biscuits to fine crumbs in a blender or food processor. Add the melted butter and sugar and mix. Press onto base of greased 24cm springform cake tin. Chill for 1 hour in the refrigerator.

Mix the cornflour with the sugar and beat in the cream cheese, egg yolks and vanilla extract with an electric mixer (or by hand).

Slowly pour in heavy cream and sour cream, beating constantly. Add the lemon zest.

Clean and dry your whisk. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with the salt to stiff peaks, then fold into the cheese mixture carefully.

Scoop cheese onto base. Bake in a 170°C oven 1 to 1 1/2 hours without opening the oven door until golden brown on top. Turn off the heat and let the cake stand in the oven for two more hours. Open door, stand a further hour. Then chill it in the refirgerator for a few hours.

Serve chilled, dusted with icing sugar and decorated with berries.

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