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Classic cream cheese gateau

Name: Classic cream cheese gateau
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American, North America
Ingredients: 5 ozs Digestive biscuit (crushed to crumbs); 0.333 cup unsalted butter (melted); 1.667 cups cream cheese; 0.5 cup sugar (scant); 3 egg yolks; 0.5 tsp salt; 1 cup Sour cream; 1 Tbsp flour; 0.5 Vanilla bean (scraped seeds only); 2 tsps grated lemon zest

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1 hr 15 min.

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Ingredients

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cheesecake

For the base: 5 ozs Digestive biscuit (crushed to crumbs); 0.333 cup unsalted butter (melted)

For the filling: 1 ⅔ cups cream cheese; ½ cup sugar (scant); 3 egg yolks; ½ tsp salt; 1 cup Sour cream; 1 Tbsp flour; ½ Vanilla bean (scraped seeds only); 2 tsps grated lemon zest

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Preparation steps

Butter a 23cm|9" springform cake tin.

For the base: mix together the biscuit crumbs and melted butter. Press firmly into the base of the tin. Chill while you make the filling.

Heat the oven to 140°C (120° fan) 275°F gas 1.

For the filling: whisk together all the ingredients. Pour onto the biscuit base. Cover the tin with foil and pierce a couple of holes in it.

Bake for about 50 minutes until firm around the outside but with a wobble in the centre. Cool completely in the turned off oven, with the door slightly open.

Classic cream cheese gateau

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