Curd cake in a jar

Ingredients for 8 servings:

• 180 g amaretti or butter biscuits
• 90 g butter, liquid
• 125 g margarine
• 225 g sugar
• 1 sachet of vanilla sugar
• 1 sachet of vanilla pudding powder
• 3 eggs
• 500 g quark (cottage cheese)
• 250 g sour cream
• 250 g cream (whipping cream)
• 2 apples, red
• ½ liter apple juice
• 250 g sugar
• lemon juice

Instructions

Working time approx. 45 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 10 minutes

Cheesecake with apple rose – a festive dessert

Finely crumble the amaretti biscuits or shortbread and mix with the lukewarm butter, then let it sit. In the meantime, mix together the margarine, sugar, vanilla sugar, pudding powder, and eggs, then mix in the curd cheese and cream. Fold in the stiffly whipped cream. Pour the biscuit mixture into oven-safe glasses (200 ml each) and spread the curd cheese mixture on top. Shake a little if necessary to ensure the mixture is evenly distributed. Now it’s time for the apple rose: Prepare a bowl with water and a little lemon juice and a sieve. Wash and halve the apples, carefully scoop out the stems and cores. Thinly slice the apples and place them immediately in the lemon water to prevent them from browning. Bring the apple juice and sugar to a boil in a shallow saucepan until the sugar has dissolved. Then reduce the heat to medium. Using a slotted spoon, add the apple slices to the heated apple juice and let them sit briefly until they are just pliable. This goes pretty quickly, and make sure they continue to simmer for a while. You don’t want them to get too soft and overcook! Then remove them from the pot with a slotted spoon and place them in the sieve. Once you’ve finished with the apple slices, let the apple and sugar juice simmer and reduce by about half, until it has turned into a syrup. Now lay the apple slices on a sheet of baking paper so that they overlap halfway (with the red skin facing up). Depending on how big you want your apple blossom to be, you can use 12 to 15 slices. The apple slices are now rolled up from left to right. Then hold this roll on your fingertips and carefully shape the blossom by opening it slightly from the inside. Then carefully place the blossom on the jars. Place the jars on the rack in the hot oven, making sure they don’t touch each other, and bake for 25 to 30 minutes at 180°C (fan oven). Then remove the jars from the oven and gently brush the apple blossoms with the reduced syrup to retain their color and give them a beautiful shine. It tastes delicious and is a real eye-catcher – good luck!