Perfect New York Cheesecake Made Easy

Very popular, incredibly tender, incredibly tasty. Many people have tried the famous American dessert, but not everyone dares to repeat it at home. However, making a classic New York cheesecake is not so difficult, the main thing is to follow the technology, and everything will definitely work out!
cook time: 12h
Miles Denholm
Perfect New York Cheesecake Made Easy

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

426
Calories
34g
Fat
23g
Carbs
11g
Protein

Ingredients (8 portions)

The basis:

Ready shortbread cookies 300 g
Butter 100 g
Nutmeg 0.25 tsp

Filling:

Cream cheese 600 g
Sugar 150 g
Heavy cream 200 ml
Eggs 3 pc
Lemon juice 1 tsp
Vanilla extract to taste

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to bake classic New York cheesecake? Remove cream, cheese, eggs, butter from the refrigerator 30 minutes before. Choose only high-quality fresh products for this recipe. The cream must be fat, at least 30-35%, and in no case frozen. Butter must also be of high quality, complying with GOST. Before cooking, the butter should soften at room temperature. Turn on the oven to 200 degrees in advance.

Step 2

Step 2
Prepare the necessary products for the base. Grind the cookies in a blender, add nutmeg, mix. Add soft butter to the crumbs and rub well with your hands.

Step 3

Step 3
You should end up with a wet, granular mass.

Step 4

Step 4
Cover the bottom of a springform pan (I have 24cm) with parchment and grease the rim with butter. Press the crumbs into an even layer with a side (or without, as desired). Place the base in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove the finished base and cool. How to choose the right shape, read the article at the end of the recipe.

Step 5

Step 5
Prepare the necessary ingredients for the filling. Add 3 drops of vanilla flavoring, 1 tsp to the cheese. lemon juice, sugar and stir well. You can use the mixer at minimum speed. I started stirring by hand with a whisk, then took a spatula. Stir the mixture, but do not beat it, otherwise bubbles will appear in it, and the finished cheesecake will look like holey cheese.

Step 6

Step 6
Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. The most convenient way to do this is with a spatula. Important! At the stage of adding eggs, the mixer can no longer be used! Take your time, mix smoothly and avoid beating the mixture, otherwise the mixture will become liquid. Please note that if the cheese base is oversaturated with air bubbles, the cheesecake may swell and crack during baking.

Step 7

Step 7
At the very end, add cream to the cheese-egg mixture, mix gently with a spatula, do not beat it under any circumstances!

Step 8

Step 8
Pour the filling into the mold with the base. The cheese mass can come out to different consistencies: from runny liquid to quite dense, like sour cream. The thickness of the egg-cream-cheese mixture depends on various reasons: even if the cheese is of high quality, it can be of different density and moisture content, cream of the same fat content can be thinner or thicker, and the selected category of eggs also affects.

Step 9

Step 9
Gently smooth the top so that the finished cake looks nice. Shake the pan lightly a couple of times to remove any bubbles and fill any voids. Bake in a preheated oven for first 15 minutes at 200 degrees. Then reduce the temperature to 110 degrees and cook the cheesecake for about 1 hour 20 minutes. Top-bottom mode. Place a container of water at the bottom of the oven. The times are approximate! Read about the operation of different ovens at the end of the recipe.

Step 10

Step 10
The cheesecake should not brown; it is ready when the center jiggles slightly when you move the pan. Chill the cheesecake in stages. It is important! Immediately after turning it off, leave it in the oven for an hour with the door ajar, or longer (I took it out when the oven was almost cool). Then keep at room temperature until the mold cools completely, covering with a napkin. Then run a thin knife along the sides of the mold and put it in the refrigerator overnight.

Step 11

Step 11
In the morning, carefully remove the mold and decorate as desired. As a rule, these are fresh berries or fruits. The cheese delight is ready, bon appetit!

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