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Cheesecake topped with mango & strawberry

(Version française plus bas)
Hi everyone ! It’s time for cheesecake! Who’s with me?

Over the summer, like a groupie I waited in line for nearly 40 minutes to buy all-butter Brittany cookies called palets at a famous bakery. Well, I already had those cookies in mind for the crust of a future cheesecake and that day has come. Especially since I was sidetracked at the market this morning by beautiful strawberries and mangoes that I thought would look gorgeous on top. Of course you can top it with your fruit of choice (just strawberries, blueberries, lemon, mango, you can find those recipes here too…). This time it’s the classic creamy NY Style with berries or nothing.

Ingredients :
Crust :
150 g or 12-15 cookies or Graham crackers (palets ou petits sablés pur beurre)
50 g butter (du beurre)
1/2 teaspoon salt (du sel)

Filling :
2 x 8 oz of cream cheese (2 x 240 g de Kiri ou fromage frais)
1 cup sour cream (1 yaourt 2 ou petits suisses)
1 cup sugar (150 g sucre)
3 eggs
1/4 cup flour (2 cuillères a-s de farine)
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon salt

About 2 cups of fresh fruit of choice for decorating (cherries, blueberries, or mangoes and strawberries like what I did here).

Preheat oven to 200° C (390° F). Crush cookies either in a ziplock bag/rolling pin or in a food processor.  Add softened butter and salt and fold in by hand.  The consistency should not be sticky but crumbly, add more cookies or butter otherwise. Spread onto the bottom of a 26 cm spring form pan. Push down to create an even thin layer with the bottom of a flat glass (or fingers).  Cook in the oven for 15 minutes. Allow to cool.

My very temperamental (see what I did there) oven is touch and go, so I put the pan into another pan of hot water for the first 15 minutes, possibly so bottom doesn’t burn, but you can also skip this step.  I have no proof it makes the cheesecake creamier.  I've had creamy results both ways.  Like I said, master your oven.

Lower temperature to 170°C (325°F). In a bowl, cream softened cream cheese, sour cream, eggs, sugar, flour, almond extract, salt.  Pour over pre-baked crust and bake for 40 minutes or until the middle is almost done or jiggles slightly.  Turn off oven but leave in the oven for another half hour.

Once the cheesecake has cooled, (or wait overnight), remove from pan (the most delicate part) and decorate with favorite fresh fruits.  

You can also brush with a glaze (the easiest way is 1/4 cup apricot jelly or honey with 2 tablespoons of water, the more complicated way is making a fruit reduction or sauce, take 1 cup fresh fruit (raspberries, strawberries...), boil over medium heat with 1/4 cup sugar), add 2 teaspoons agar-agar or gelatin, allow to cool, pass through a seave, brush over fruit).

Enjoy, everyone !

Salut à toutes et à tous ! Il est temps de faire un cheesecake new-yorkais, êtes-vous d'accord?

Cet été, j'ai fait la queue pendant près de 40 minutes pour acheter mon stock de biscuits pur beurre dans une boulangerie réputée en Charente-Maritime. Eh bien, j'avais déjà ces biscuits en tête pour la base d'un futur cheesecake et ce jour est arrivé. D'autant plus que j'ai vu au marché ce matin ces belles fraises et mangues qui, je me disais, seraient très appétisants sur le dessus. Bien sûr vous pouvez faire une version avec votre choix de garniture : fraises, myrtilles, citron, mangue, d’ailleurs j’ai mis ces autres recettes sur ce blog).  Cette fois-ci, c’est le cheesecake classique new-yorkais très crémeux avec des fruits (de préférence rouges) ou rien!

Voici la recette : 

Ingrédients :

La base :
150 g ou 12-15 biscuits (palets ou petits sablés pur beurre)
50 g de beurre fondu
1/2 cuillère à café de sel

La garniture :

2 x 8 oz de Philadelphia (ou 2 x 240 g de Kiri ou fromage frais)
100 g de crème fraîche épaisse (ou 2 petits suisses, ou 1 yaourt)
150 g de sucre (1 tasse).
3 œufs
1/4 tasse de farine (ou 2 cuillères à soupe bombées)
1 cuillère à café d'extrait d'amande
1/2 cuillère à café de sel

Montage:
Fruits frais de saison au choix (mangues, fraises, myrtilles, cérises...)

Préchauffer le four à 200 ° C. Écrasez les biscuits dans un sac plastique avec un rouleau à pâtisserie ou dans un robot culinaire jusqu'à vous avez un poudre assez homogène. Ajouter le beurre ramolli et le sel et incorporer bien. La consistance ne doit pas être collante mais friable, ajoutez plus de biscuits ou de beurre si nécessarie. Étaler sur le fond d'un moule à ressort de 26 cm, et faire une base assez fine (environ 3 mm) avec le fond d'un verre plat (ou avec les doigts). Pre-cuire au four pendant 15 minutes.

Baisser la température à 170°C (325°F). Dans un bol, avec un batteur, mélanger le fromage ramolli, la crème , les œufs, le sucre, la farine, l'extrait d'amande, le sel. Verser sur la croûte précuite et cuire au four pendant 40 minutes ou jusqu'à ce que le milieu soit pas entièrement cuit ou même mi-cuit. Éteignez le four mais laissez au four ouvert encore une demi-heure. Une fois que le cheesecake a refroidi (ou après une nuit au refrigérateur), démoulez (j'avoue c'est la partie la plus délicate) et décorez avec vos fruits frais préférés.

Vous pouvez également rajouter un glaçage (le plus simple c'est la gelée d'abricot ou du miel avec un peu d'eau pour les fruits clairs ; un peu plus compliqué c'est de faire un coulis à partir de fruits, par exemple, 100 g de fruits frais (framboises, fraises..., attention ça va faire un glaçage rouge), faire bouillir à feu moyen avec 30 g de sucre), ajouter 2 cuillères à café d'agar-agar ou de gélatine, laisser refroidir, passer au tamis, puis badigeonner les fruits.

Bon appétit, tout le monde !

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