Amaretto cheesecake with meringue

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 150 g butter, cold
• 300 g flour
• 100 g almond(s), ground
• 150 g sugar, brown
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• some salt
• 1 egg(s)
• 3 tbsp water, cold
• some flour, for dusting
• 100 g butter
• 10 eggs
• 475 g sugar
• 2 packets of vanilla sugar
• 2 kg low-fat curd cheese
• 5 tbsp Amaretto
• 2 packs of pudding powder (vanilla pudding powder)
• 50 g biscuits (amaretti biscuits)
• 2 tbsp almond flakes
• some powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

Working time approx. 45 minutes; Rest time approx. 4 hours 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour 15 minutes; Total time approx. 6 hours 30 minutes

Preheat oven to 150°C fan/convection oven. Line a roasting pan with baking paper. Place the flour, ground almonds, brown sugar, vanilla sugar, a pinch of salt, the butter in pieces, the egg, and 3 tablespoons of cold water in a bowl and knead with a hand mixer. Then briefly knead with your hands until smooth. Cover and chill for 30 minutes. Dust the dough with a little flour and roll it out on the roasting pan, pressing up the edges about 2 cm. Prick the dough base several times with a fork. Bake in the preheated oven on the lowest rack for about 15 minutes. For the topping, melt the butter over low heat and let cool. Separate 6 eggs and chill the egg whites. Beat 4 eggs, the 6 egg yolks, 175 g sugar, and vanilla sugar for about 8 minutes until frothy. Stir in the quark, melted butter, liqueur, and custard powder. Remove the shortcrust pastry from the oven and spread the quark mixture on top. Continue baking on the lowest rack at the same temperature for approximately 55-60 minutes. Shortly before the end of the baking time, beat the 6 egg whites and a pinch of salt until stiff peaks form. While continuing to beat, add the remaining sugar. Continue beating until dissolved. Remove the cake from the oven. Carefully spread the beaten egg whites on top (as the quark mixture is still very soft), leaving about 2 cm free around the edges. Sprinkle with amaretti biscuits and flaked almonds. Continue baking for approximately 20 minutes. Let cool in the roasting pan. Dust with powdered sugar.