Strawberry Cheesecake
- 1 1/4 cups graham crackers ground
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 60 grams butter melted
- 950 grams cream cheese melted at room temperature.
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 450 grams strawberries
- 1/2 teaspoon gelatin powder
- 1 tablespoon cold water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Preheat the oven to 180C.
- Mix the graham crackers, 2 tablespoons sugar, and butter in a bowl.
- Pour the mixture into a cheesecake pan, spread and pat it down into the pan until the crust is firm and even.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven and let cool.
- Cover the pan with aluminum foil and lower the oven temperature to 170C.
- Beat the cream cheese using a food processor until it has a soft texture and no lumps.
- While it beats, add the eggs one by one, sugar, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla.
- Pour the mixture in the pan.
- Fill a shallow pan with some water, place the pan inside, and bake for 70 minutes.
- Turn off the oven and let the pan sit in it for 2 hours.
- Remove the pan from the oven and store it in the freezer overnight.
- Chop 1/2 cup strawberries.
- Mix the gelatin powder and the cold water in a small bowl. Let it sit until it has a spongy texture.
- Heat the chopped strawberries, sugar, and lemon juice in a cooking pot on medium-low until boiling, then cook for 5 more minutes.
- Turn off the stove and strain the strawberries. You will have a strawberry syrup.
- Mix the syrup with the gelatin, let it sit in the refrigerator until it thickens, and dispose of the chopped strawberries.
- Cover the top of the cheesecake with the remaining strawberries and syrup, and serve.
graham crackers, sugar, butter, cream cheese, sugar, eggs, heavy whipping cream, vanilla, strawberries, gelatin powder, cold water, sugar, lemon juice
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Strawberry-Cheesecake-548996 (may not work)