How to Make Strawberry Cheesecake from Scratch
Ingredients for Crust:
- Digestive biscuits â 200 gm (make crumbs)
- Butter, melted â 75 gm or 3 tbsp
Mix biscuit crumbs in melted butter and press into your preferred pan, and bake in preheat oven to 350 degrees F, Gas Mark 4, 180C for 8 minutes. Then set aside.
Ingredients for filling Cheesecake:
- Curd cheese â Âœ cup (1/2 cup yogurt hang in muslin clothe for whole night)
- Cream cheese – 200 gm
- Sugar â 10 tbsp
- Egg whites â 3
- Egg Yolks – 3
- Whipped cream â 400gm
- Strawberry essence – few drops
- Icing sugar – 2 tbsp
- Gelatin powder â 1 tbsp (dissolves in 1/4 cup water)
Method:
- Take a pan, put in water and gelatin powder, mix well and put on heat for 30 seconds and remove.
- Beat egg whites along with 5 tbsp sugar until stiff.
- Take another bowl add egg yolks and 5 tbsp sugar, beat, then add curd cheese and cream cheese, beat with beater, during beating add gelatin mixture, whipped cream and strawberry essence, beat for 2 sec.
- Then add egg whites and mix with spatula.
- Pour batter into prepared crust, and then cover and put in the fridge to chill.
- Once fully chilled, then decorate with strawberry puree and whipped cream.
- It is ready to serve.
For Decoration:
- Gelatin powder – 1 tsp (dissolves in 1 tbsp water)
- Strawberry puree – 1 cup
- Sugar – 3 tbsp
- Red food colour – few drops
- Strawberry essence – few drops
- Whipped cream – as required
- Cook puree with sugar until sugar dissolves, then add essence, food color and gelatin mixture, mix and spread on cheese cake.
- When puree settles down, decorate with whipped cream and serve.
2 comments
I made this cake today and it was perfect!
I made this cake for a family gathering. I had several compliments and requests for the recipe. its just delicious.