I’ve been wanting to make a cheesecake for a while, mainly to convince my granddaughter that such a thing exists. I’ve also been wanting a go at a Basque style burnt cheesecake while at the same time making it high protein and low fat. This is what I’ve come up with.
pic: Kerstin Rodgers
High protein cottage cheese Burnt Basque style cheesecake
Serves 8
Ingredients
- 600 g cottage cheese
- 200 g caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp vanilla paste
- 180 ml greek yoghurt
- 30 g plain flour
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 225C
- Prepare the baking tin by lining it with parchment paper
- Beat together the cottage cheese and sugar by hand or machine.
- Add the eggs one by one, beating in between.
- Add the salt, vanilla and yoghurt.
- Finally add the flour then pour into the prepared tin.
- Bake for 75 minutes, checking after 50 minutes. The top should be a dark brown like the skin on a rice pudding . When you remove the cheesecake, it'll still wobble.
- Let it cool then place into the fridge for four hours.
I just discovered Basque style cheesecakes and need to have my hand at one! I love the idea of your lower fat/higher protein recipe. Yours looks absolutely delicious! May I ask what size pan did you used?
Hi Jennifer, I think it was 22cms to get that depth