Orange Chesecake

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Orange Chesecake

Orange Cheesecake is a traditional British recipe for a classic cheesecake made of a biscuit (cookie) crumb base topped with a cottage cheese, Mascarpone cheese, egg, creme fraiche and sugar mix that's baked, topped with clementine segments, chilled and served. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic British version of: Orange Cheesecake.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

90 minutes

Total Time:

110 minutes

Additional Time:

(+cooling)

Serves:

Rating:

Tags : Cheese Recipes Baking Recipes Cake Recipes British Recipes

A classic cheesecake that really needs to be made the day before and which uses home-made digestive biscuits as a base.

Ingredients:

165g digestive biscuits
10g butter, melted
250g Cottage cheese
250g Mascarpone cheese (or use this site's recipe for home-made mascarpone)
2 large eggs
200ml crème fraîche
2 tbsp plain flour
2 tbsp orange juice
grated zest of 2 clementines
115g caster sugar
segments from 3 clementines

Method:

Crush the biscuits (best done in a bag and by bashing with a rolling pin) and mix in a bowl with the melted butter. Press the mixture into the base of a springform cake tin then place in an oven pre-heated to 200°C (180°C fan/400°F/Gas Mark 6) and bake for about 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool. Meanwhile, reduce the oven to 150°C (130°C fan/300°F/Gas Mark 2).

Cream together the cottage cheese and Mascarpone then beat in the sugar and eggs. Stir-in the flour, crème fraîche orange juice and orange zest and beat the mixture until smooth. Pour over the cake base and place in the centre of your prepared oven.

After 60 minutes turn the oven down to 100°C and continue baking for 15 minutes. Turn the oven off and allow to cool naturally (this will help minimize cracking). When cold take out of the tin, top with the clementine segments (arrange these in concentric circles, beginning from the centre of the cake).