Friday 9 January 2015

Luis' Savoury Cheesecake

So my friend Luis came over for dinner once a while back, and had brought this amazing cheesecake that he had made for dessert. But this cheesecake was different - it was a lot more savoury than any other cheesecake I had tried before, the secret? Parmesan! And it worked really well, because more times than others, I prefer having two savoury courses... I had the leftovers for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the next few days afterwards, and I had to get the recipe for this so I could share it with you!

And here - my first ever, properly made cheesecake! My previous attempts has been a little so so. I halved the original recipe, as I was only making this for myself, and I had to suss out how high a temperature and for how long I had to cook it. You can add an additional 5-10 minutes in the over just to be sure, maybe just cover the top with aluminium foil then so it doesn't go darker in colour at the top!

Luis' Savoury Cheesecake
(Makes 1 - Serves 4-6)


3 eggs
1 small can of condensed milk
250g cottage cheese
25g parmesan/grana padano grated
1/2 tea spoon baking powder

- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.

- Blend everything with a stick blender or in a processor. Place in a silicone mould or a greased and baking-paper clad cake tin, and scoop in the cheese mixture. Have the tin/mould into a baking deep baking tray filled with water (about 1cm), this will allow for the cake to steam.

- Place in the middle of the oven and cook for about an hour and ten minutes, then - turn down the temperature to 160°C and cook for about 10-20 minutes more if necessary, until the cake is properly set.

You can also cook this entirely at 160°C, but then I imagine the cooking time will be longer, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours altogether.

Have you tried savoury cheesecakes before?


Recipe mi amigo Luis!

- Jules

6 comments:

  1. For en spennende oppskrift! Er det en ting jeg håper på i fremtiden, er det at noen klarer å lage en skikkelig god vegansk parmasan, uten masse tull i. Jeg lever i håpet♥

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    1. Hei Ragnhild! Ja, ost er en av de tingene som hadde vært virkelig fint om de veganiserte :) Det er nok bare et spørsmål om tid før man finner det på hyllen, krysser fingrene ;) x

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  2. This sounds awesome! I would love to try this! I haven't made cheesecake in FOREVER!!

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    1. Thanks Cathleen! I was surprised at the savoury notes, but it makes for such a great and light dessert :) Unless you help yourself three times..Like I miiiight have done, haha XD x

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  3. Congrats on your first cheesecake!! This one is definitely a neat recipe. I love savoury cheesecakes too (although I've never made one myself)!

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    1. They are so good right? Perfect if you can't decide on cheese or sweet for dessert ^ ^ Thanks Katrina :D x

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