lemon cheese cake
Basic Ingredients for lemon cheese cake
For the crust:
7oz Graham crackers/biscuits
6 Tbsp Butter, melted
For the filling:
- 2½ cups Cream cheese, room temperature
- 2/3 cup Sour cream
- Three Eggs
- Two tablespoons Lemon juice
- One teaspoon Lemon zest
- One teaspoon Vanilla extract
- One cup Sugar
For the lemon curd topping:
- 1/4 cup Lemon juice
- Half cup water
- Half cup Sugar
- Two tablespoons Cornstarch
- Two Egg yolks
- Pinch Salt
- One teaspoon lemon zest
- Two tablespoons Butter
How to make a lemon cheese cake
In a food processor add 7oz Graham crackers/biscuits and crush cookies into fine crumbs. Add 6 Tbsp melted butter pulse until combined. In a 9×9 inch baking pan add parchment paper transfer this mixture into this baking pan.
Evenly spread this mixture into baking pan bake at 325°c for 7-10 minutes. Now we are making the cheesecake filling in the top in a large bowl, add 2½ cups Cream cheese, room temperature, one cup sugar and beat until smooth.
Add lemon zest, two tbsp lemon juice, one tsp vanilla extract,2/3 cup sour cream and beat until smooth. After this, add three Eggs one at a time pour this mixture into the baking pan. Bake at 350°f for 35-40 minutes.
Let cool to room temperature, then refrigerator for 4 hours.
For the lemon curd topping:
Over the gas we will place a saucepan and put it in it Half cup Sugar, Two tablespoons Cornstarch, a pinch of salt and stir with a whisker. Add 1/4 cup Lemon juice, Half cup water and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickness and boils.
In another bowl, add two Egg yolks and whisk with a whisker. Gradually whisk in hot sugar mixture pour back to the saucepan. bring to boil and continue to cook while constantly until thick.
Remove from heat and add two tbsp butter one tsp lemon zest stir until smooth. Let cool slightly pour lemon curd over the cheesecake and spread evenly refrigerator for one hour.
trim the edges (optional) cut into bars decorate with mint leaves. Now our lemon cheesecake recipe is ready to enjoy it.