Bloomin' easy vanilla cheesecake
This recipe somehow made its way on to the menu in the Fifteen Trattoria (I don't know of many Italian trattorias that have American cheesecake on their menus!) and I'm glad that it did because it's absolutely delicious. As you can see, the ingredients are all pretty everyday things. However, my tip for getting the very best out of this recipe is to make sure that you try and get the best ingredients that you possibly can.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 12 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Biscuit | 1 medium (45g) | 166 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Cream Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 99 |
| Cherry | 1 cup (138g) | 87 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Whisky | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 150 g unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for greasing
- 250 g digestive biscuits, crushed
- 115 g caster sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornflour
- 900 g full-fat cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 large free-range eggs
- 115 ml double cream
- 1 vanilla pod, scored lengthways and seeds removed, or ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- zest of 1 lemon
- zest of 1 orange
- 400 g stoned cherries
- 3 heaped tablespoons caster sugar
- 1 swig port or whisky, optional
- icing sugar, for dusting