Must be blueberry season as our fridge seems to be overflowing with them at the moment. Luckily mini-Mi loves eating blueberries but even so I didn't think he could eat that many!! Time for some baking me thinks. Mr Mi loves cheesecake. I'll admit I haven't really baked many cheesecakes in my time and so didn't have any basic recipe up my sleeves. After a little searching on the internet I came across a Jamie Oliver recipe. We have a decent collection of Jamie's cook books so I didn't really think I could go wrong with this one. I wanted to make a cheesecake slice rather than "cake" so made a few modifications.
New York Cheesecake Recipe by Jamie Oliver
- 250 g digestive biscuits, crushed
- 150 g unsalted butter, melted
- 95 g caster sugar
- 2.5 tbsp cornflour
- 750 g cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 eggs
- 95 ml double cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- zest of 1 lemon
Modifications
- I wanted a thinner layer of cheesecake so reduced the quantity accordingly
- Used a 20 x 30 cm rectangular tin instead of 24 cm cake tin
- Placed blueberries in the cheesecake layer prior to baking instead of making a blueberry sauce
- Reduced cooking time to 35 minutes
It turned out pretty well and Mr Mi was satisfied with the outcome. Next time, I think I will make the biscuit layer just a little bit thicker as I found it was a bit to thin and crumbly this time but otherwise a great, easy and delicious recipe. Mi xo
