SUPER NEW YORK-STYLE CHEESECAKE - Cheesecake Extraordinaire

This sinfully rich, smooth and creamy-textured cheesecake will certainly feed your sweet tooth and satisfy your dessert craving. The most important thing is not to overbake it. Also, baked cheesecakes must not be served immediately after baking. They have to be chilled several hours to set the filling.

This recipe is a piece of treasure. I have made this a dozen of times and have also made some alterations to it, for a more fruity or spicy or chocolaty flavour. It is a must try.

The recipe:

This classic dessert can also be made with a graham cracker crust by substituting graham cracker crumbs for the crushed vanilla wafers.

Vanilla Wafer Crust

1 3/4 cups fine crushed vanilla wafers

1/2 cup butter or margarine melted

In a small bowl, stir together crushed wafers and melted butter or margarine. Stir till well combined. Press crumb mixture evenly onto the bottom and up the sides of a greased 9-inch springform pan. Set aside.

Next is the cheese filling...

Sour Cream Topping

1 cup sour cream

1 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp vanilla extract

In a small bowl stir together sour cream, sugar and vanilla extract. Spread sour cream mixture over warm cheesecake. Bake at 350F for an additional 15 minutes. Chill, uncovered, overnight. Makes 12 to 18 slices.

*** Topping the cake with 'Comstock' blueberry is yummy. This is a hit among my customers.

KEK KEJU NEW YORK

Kek keju ini memang 'rich' dan berbaloi untuk disediakan. Bila bakar cheesecake, pastikan tidak bakar terlalu lama dari masa yang dicadangkan...nanti cheesecake akan kering dan terlebih keras bila disejukkan...Kalau nak lagi sedap kalau tambah topping buah-buahan di atasnya...

Lapisan Bawah

1 3/4 cawan biskut wafer vanila - dihancurkan (guna food processor)

1/2 cawan butter atau majerin (dicairkan)

Dalam mangkuk, campurkan wafer hancur dengan butter yang dah cair. Tuang dalam loyang 9inci.

Lapisan atas

32 oz krim keju

1 cawan gula halus

3 sudu besar tepung gandum

5 telur

1/3 cawan krim putar

1 sudu teh parutan kulit oren

1 sudu teh parutan kulit lemon

1 sudu teh vanila

1 cawan krim masam

1 sudu besar gula halus

1/2 sudu teh vanila

Campurkan krim keju, gula dan tepung. Pukul dengan mixer hingga sebati. Tambah telur, satu persatu sambil adunan dipukul. Masukkan krim putar, parutan kulit oren dan lemon, vanila. Gaul sengan senduk hingga sebati. Tuang atas lapisan biskut tadi.

Bakar 350F selama 15 minit dan lepas tu turunkan suhu ke 200F dan bakar 1 jam 20 minit, hingga bahagian tengah kek tak nampak basah (tapi masih lembut). Keluarkan dari oven.

Dalam mangkuk lain, campurkan krim masam, gula dan vanila. Tuang atas kek. Bakar 15 minit lagi. Keluarkan dari oven dan lalukan pisau di keliling kek supaya ia tak melekat pasa loyang. Jangan sejukkan lagi kek.

Topping krim masam

1 cawan krim masam

1 sudu besar gula halus

1 sudu teh vanila

Campur dan kacau semua. Tuang atas kek tadi dan bakar lagi 15 minit. Sejukkan (tanpa ditutup atasnya) semalaman.

***Hias dengan blueberry 'Comstock' memang sedap...kalau fresh blueberries atau strawberry pun sedap...