Tasty Cheesecake
8 portions
Bases Ingredients:
175 gr Dairy butter
3 cup flour
1 1/2 cup grated Jarlsberg
6 tlbs fresh double
cream
1/2 egg, whisked
1 ts cumin
10 almonds, chopped into thin strips
Cheese filling:
150 gr finely grated blue cheese
2 tbls soft Dairy butter
5 tbls grated parmesan
cheese
5 tbls finely grated Jarlsberg
2 cup cream cheese naturel
Method
1. To make the bases: Mix the flour, cheese and butter by hand or in a food mixer into a rough dough. Add the
cream and work quickly into a fine dough. Leave the dough in a cool place for at least 1 hour.
2. Divide the dough into two. Roll out into two quite thin pieces appox. 24 cm in diameter
and place them on
greaseproof paper on a baking tray. Prick both the pastry rounds with a fork. Brush one with egg and sprinkle
with the cumin and almonds.
3. Bake the bases at 225 degrees C for 10-15 minutes until golden.
Cool on a wire rack.
4. Mix the grated hard cheeses with the butter and add as much cream
cheese as is necessary to form a creamy
consistency. Spread the cheese filling between the pastry bases shortly before serving.
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