Classic New York cheesecake

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 12 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake classic New York cheesecake? Remove cream, cheese, eggs, butter from the refrigerator 30 minutes before. Choose only high-quality fresh products for this recipe. The cream must be fat, at least 30-35%, and in no case frozen. Butter must also be of high quality, complying with GOST. Before cooking, the butter should soften at room temperature. Turn on the oven to 200 degrees in advance.

2. STEP 2

   

   Prepare the necessary products for the base. Grind the cookies in a blender, add nutmeg, mix. Add soft butter to the crumbs and rub well with your hands.

3. STEP 3

   

   You should end up with a wet, granular mass.

4. STEP 4

   

   Cover the bottom of a springform pan (I have 24cm) with parchment and grease the rim with butter. Press the crumbs into an even layer with a side (or without, as desired). Place the base in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 10 minutes. Take out the finished base and cool it. Read the article at the end of the recipe to find out how to choose the right shape.

5. STEP 5

   

   Prepare the necessary ingredients for the filling. Add 3 drops of vanilla flavoring, 1 tsp to the cheese. lemon juice, sugar and stir well. You can use the mixer at minimum speed. I started stirring by hand with a whisk, then took a spatula. Stir the mixture, but do not beat it, otherwise bubbles will appear in it, and the finished cheesecake will look like holey cheese.

6. STEP 6

   

   Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. The most convenient way to do this is with a spatula. Important! At the stage of adding eggs, the mixer can no longer be used! Take your time, mix smoothly and avoid beating the mixture, otherwise the mixture will become liquid. Please note that if the cheese base is oversaturated with air bubbles, the cheesecake may swell and crack during baking.

7. STEP 7

   

   At the very end, add cream to the cheese and egg mixture, mix gently with a spatula, do not beat it under any circumstances!

8. STEP 8

   

   Pour the filling into the mold with the base. The cheese mass can come out to different consistencies: from runny liquid to quite dense, like sour cream. The thickness of the egg-cream-cheese mixture depends on various reasons: even if the cheese is of high quality, it can be of different density and moisture content, cream of the same fat content can be thinner or thicker, and the selected category of eggs also affects.

9. STEP 9

   

   Gently smooth the top so that the finished cake looks nice. Shake the pan lightly a couple of times to remove any bubbles and fill any voids. Bake in a preheated oven for first 15 minutes at 200 degrees. Then reduce the temperature to 110 degrees and cook the cheesecake for about 1 hour 20 minutes. Top-bottom mode. Place a container of water at the bottom of the oven. The times are approximate! Read about the operation of different ovens at the end of the recipe.

10. STEP 10

    

    The cheesecake should not brown; it is ready when the center jiggles slightly when you move the pan. Chill the cheesecake in stages. It is important! Immediately after turning it off, leave it in the oven for an hour with the door ajar, or longer (I took it out when the oven was almost cool). Then keep at room temperature until the mold cools completely, covering with a napkin. Then run a thin knife along the sides of the mold and put it in the refrigerator overnight.

11. STEP 11

    

    In the morning, carefully remove the mold and decorate as desired. As a rule, these are fresh berries or fruits. Cheese delight is ready, bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

MarinaRomanova

20.12.2023

4.5

I have loved cheesecake for a very long time and I want to thank you very much for the recipe! I won’t even look for other options. Everything turned out great, the cake is soft and melts in your mouth: truly a cheesy delight! My husband always said that he was indifferent to cheesecakes, but here he literally destroyed most of them in a short time)))) I have attached a photo :)

valya.nazarova

20.12.2023

4.7

Incredibly tasty, tender, airy and simply bomb!! I haven’t made cheesecake for a hundred years and then I decided to make it as a gift for my mother-in-law’s birthday, and I didn’t regret choosing this particular recipe! Very easy and quick to prepare! For decorations, I made salted caramel and poured berries on top)) I didn’t expect it to turn out like this! Thanks for the recipe!! I’ll make more, I’ve already bought the ingredients 😅❤️

Anastasia

20.12.2023

4.8

I had never dealt with baking, and then at night I had an epiphany that I urgently needed to bake a cheesecake)) I went looking for the recipe, it was important for me that there were a lot of good reviews, and then I found this wonderful recipe, where everything is laid out on the shelves, and there is only one photo report better than anyone else!) The next morning I already bought all the necessary products and by lunchtime I began to try myself in something new) I strictly followed the recipe, I took Philadelphia cheese so that everything would work out) and it all worked out! I had to play with the cookies, the blender refused to crush them and there was no rolling pin or even a bottle in the rented apartment (that’s the kind of housewife I am 😂), I kneaded the cookies with my hands for a very long time, but it was worth it)) I put nectarine on top and poured jelly, then I ran every 15 minutes and checked whether it was frozen, but it treacherously did not freeze! I was already upset and went to bed, leaving the cheesecake in the refrigerator.. But how much joy there was when in the morning I realized that everything worked out and I didn’t fall face down in front of my husband!) Thank you for the recipe, I won’t even look at the others!

Valeria Artsibasheva

20.12.2023

4.6

It was the first time I made cheese and it took me a long time to choose the recipe to use) I’m very glad that I settled on this one. The cheese turned out PERFECT!!!! without exaggeration) I prepared it for my birthday and when it was time for the cake, the guests were very surprised that I had prepared it me) it turned out so tender, soft)) thanks for the recipe, it’s TOP❤️

Admin Rina

20.12.2023

5

A good version of the classic New York Cheesecake with a detailed description! The website has other options for preparing this dessert, including with Mascarpone cheese:

Mari

20.12.2023

4.9

First time making cheesecake. I was sooooo worried that it wouldn’t work out, but it turned out perfect

Ralina

20.12.2023

4.8

Having prepared cheesecake according to this recipe, I was pleasantly surprised and very pleased. In general, the dessert recipe was followed with the exception of some ingredients. I used 100 grams more shortbread than normal because I wanted a denser base. Accordingly, I also took a little more cream cheese - about 500 grams. To add a piquant taste to the cheesecake, I added lemon zest to the curd mass, thanks to which the dessert acquired citrus notes. As was said above, the result was very pleasing. The cheesecake turned out to be very tender, tasty and at the same time very filling. I definitely recommend it for cooking!