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High protein cottage cheese Burnt Basque style cheesecake

Course: Afternoon Tea, Snack
Cuisine: Basque, Jewish
Keyword: Burnt Basque Cheesecake, Cake recipes, Cheesecake, Cottage cheese recipes, High protein recipes
Servings: 8

Equipment

  • 9 inch springform cake tin
  • non stick parchment paper circle, big enough to go up the sides of the tin

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.