Lemon Cheesecake
 
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Adapted from epicurious.com and foodess.com
Ingredients
For lemon curd
  • 1 teaspoon finely grated fresh lemon zest
  • ½ cup fresh lemon juice
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • ¼ cup butter, cut into small pieces
For crust
  • 1⅓ cups finely crushed biscuit crumbs
  • 5 tablespoons melted butter
For filling
  • 3 (250 gm) packages cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • ¾ cup greek yoghurt (not non-fat)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
Method
Tips
  1. The batter may not all fit into a 20cm springform pan
  2. Try not to add air to the mixture
  3. When mixture is in springform pan, (gently) drop the pan on a bench several times to remove air bubbles.
To make Lemon Curd
  1. In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, whisk together lemon zest, juice, sugar and eggs.
  2. Stir in butter and cook, stirring constantly, until curd thickens, about 5 minutes.
  3. Strain through fine mesh sieve and refrigerate, stirring occasionally, until completely cooled.
To make Crust
  1. Stir together biscuit crumbs and melted butter (1 tablespoon melted butter at a time, until biscuits form into a clump).
  2. Press into a 20cm springform pan.
  3. Place in fridge while preparing cheesecake mixture
To make Cheesecake
  1. Preheat oven to 150 degrees C.
  2. In food processor or mixer beat together cream cheese and sugar. Do not over beat.
  3. Reduce speed to low and beat in eggs, one at a time, until incorporated.
  4. Lightly beat in yoghurt and vanilla.
  5. Pour two-thirds of the cheesecake batter into the crust, and top with half of the lemon curd.
  6. Swirl gently with a knife.
  7. Top with remaining cheesecake batter and lemon curd, and repeat swirling.
  8. Bake in centre of oven for 45-55 minutes, until set (centre may still jiggle a bit, it will firm up).
  9. Turn oven off, open over door and leave in oven to cool.
  10. Cool completely before serving.
Serving suggestion
  1. Before serving, spread a thin layer of double cream on top of cheesecake
Recipe by Firedaughter at https://www.firedaughter.site/360/