New York Cheesecake

Name: New York Cheesecake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 70 min
Total time: 100 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 90 g Graham crackers; 45 g Butter, melted; 140 g Sugar; 500 g Cream cheese, full-fat, at room temperature; 15 g Plain flour; 3 large Eggs; 100 g Sour cream; 1 tsp Vanilla extract; 1 tsp Lemon zest; a pinch Salt

American

Dessert Difficulty: Medium Servings: 8 Total: 100 min

Ingredients

Graham crackers 90 g
Butter, melted 45 g
Sugar 140 g
Cream cheese, full-fat, at room temperature 500 g
Plain flour 15 g
Eggs 3 large
Sour cream 100 g
Vanilla extract 1 tsp
Lemon zest 1 tsp
Salt a pinch

Prep

30 min

Cook

70 min

Instructions

1
Heat the oven to 180C and line the base of a 20 cm springform tin with baking paper.
2
Crush the graham crackers into fine crumbs, mix them with the melted butter and 15 g of the sugar, press firmly into the tin and bake for 10 minutes.
3
Lower the oven to 150C. Beat the cream cheese with the remaining sugar, the flour and the salt on low speed until smooth.
4
Beat in the eggs one at a time, then the sour cream, vanilla and lemon zest, mixing only until combined.
5
Wrap the outside of the tin in foil, pour in the filling and set the tin in a roasting pan. Pour hot water into the pan to come 2 cm up the sides.
6
Bake for 60 minutes, until the edge is set but the center still wobbles, then turn off the oven and leave the cheesecake inside with the door ajar for 60 minutes.
7
Run a knife around the edge and chill the cheesecake overnight before slicing.