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American cheesecake

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Ingredients for 1 servings:

  • 125 g ladyfingers
  • 60 g margarine (half-fat margarine)
  • 250 g quark (low-fat quark, 0.1 – 0.2%)
  • 400 g cream cheese, 0.1% fat
  • 300 g sour cream
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 125 g sugar
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • ½ lemon(s), zest of which
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 5 egg whites

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Rest time approx. 2 hours; Total time approx. 2 hours 20 minutes

Grease a springform pan. Finely crumble the biscuits and mix well with the very soft, preferably runny margarine, then pour the biscuits into the pan as the base. Beat the remaining ingredients, except for the egg whites, with a hand mixer until creamy. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form and carefully fold them into the cream mixture. Spread the mixture evenly over the base and bake at 140°C fan-assisted (alternatively, gas mark 1-2 or 160°C top and bottom heat) for approximately 70 minutes.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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