In search of an easy-to-make cheesecake recipe, then look no further. Basque cheesecakes are the easiest cheesecakes you can make. There’s no crumb or pastry base to be seen, you just mix up a simple batter and bake in a tin lined with scrunchy baking paper. Baking at a high temperature delivers a slightly burnt exterior and super creamy fluffy interior – almost similar to soufflé.
The cheesecake on its own is amazingly good, but the addition of syrupy spiced mandarins takes it to another flavour level.
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Nutrition Facts
Basque-style cheesecake with spiced mandarins
Amount Per Serving
Calories 429
Calories from Fat 270
% Daily Value*
Fat 30g46%
Saturated Fat 17g106%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 8g
Cholesterol 151mg50%
Sodium 216mg9%
Potassium 205mg6%
Carbohydrates 35g12%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 31g34%
Protein 6g12%
Vitamin A 1860IU37%
Vitamin C 17mg21%
Calcium 97mg10%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Basque-style cheesecake with spiced mandarins
Delicious and easy cheesecake
Servings: 12
Calories: 429kcal
Equipment
- 20cm round springform cake tin
- Food or hand mixer
- Saucepan
Ingredients
- 680 g full-fat cream cheese
- 250 g caster sugar
- Good pinch of salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 25 g cornflour
- 4 medium eggs
- 300 ml double cream
For the spiced mandarins:
- 596 g tinned mandarin segments (we used two 298g tins of Del Monte mandarin segments in juice)
- 4 tbsp softlight brown sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 star anise
- 6 cardamom pods, slightly squashed
Method
- Make the cheesecake the day before you want to serve it. Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6 and find a 20cm round springform tin.
- Take a large piece of baking parchment, more than big enough to line the tin, and scrunch it up in your hands – this makes the paper easier to manipulate. Unscrunch the paper and put it in the tin, using a smaller cake tin to help mould it to the sides. Don’t worry about the creases and wrinkles – these are all part of the look of the cheesecake!
- If you have a mixer, put the cream cheese, sugar, salt, vanilla and cornflour into it and beat them thoroughly together. Otherwise, do this in a large mixing bowl, beating until smooth.
- Add the eggs and start beating them into the cream cheese mixture, gradually pouring in the cream as you go. If you’re using a mixing bowl, beat in the eggs one at a time before beating in the cream. You want a nice, smooth mixture.
- Pour the mixture carefully into the lined tin and transfer to the oven. Bake for 50-60 minutes until the cheesecake is puffed up, very brown at the edges and a rich golden brown in the centre. It should have a slight wobble in the middle still. Take out of the oven and leave to cool completely in the tin – it will sink as it cools. Transfer to the fridge and refrigerate overnight.
- While the cheesecake is baking, make the spiced mandarins. Drain the juice from both cans into a saucepan. Add the brown sugar and whole spices and put over a medium heat. Stir until the sugar is dissolved, then let the juice come to a brisk simmer and cook for about 10 minutes until the liquid is reduced and syrupy. Take off the heat, add the mandarin segments and stir gently. Leave to cool then refrigerate.
- When you’re ready to serve, carefully remove the paper and transfer the cheesecake to a serving plate. Serve in slices, with a generous spoonful of the mandarins and their syrup.
Nutrition
Calories: 429kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 151mg | Sodium: 216mg | Potassium: 205mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 1860IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 97mg | Iron: 1mg
Recipe courtesy of Del Monte
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