Japanese Cheesecake
- Ready In:
- 150hrs
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Serves:
-
2
ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 120 g cream cheese
- 120 g chocolate (white, dark, etc.)
directions
- Crack and separate the eggs.
- keep the yolks to one side.
- chill the white for as long as possible before using them.
- Preheat the oven to 170°C.
- Use a double boiler with water in the bottom pan.
- melt the chocolate until it is a smooth paste.
- Whip the chilled egg whites until they form stiff peaks and will not fall out of the bowl when it is inverted.
- add the cream cheese to the chocolate.
- stirring cream cheese well and allow it to soften with the heat and mix smoothly into the chocolate.
- add the three egg yolks which were separated out earlier and mix them in well to the chocolate and cream cheese mixture.
- add one-third of the egg white mixture,.
- gently fold it into the cream cheese and chocolate.
- Repeat with each one-third of the egg white mixture.
- work gently and slowly until the mixture is smooth at each stage.
- Put the mixture into a well-oiled pan.
- When the mixture is in the pan, gently lift up and then drop the pan.
- Stand the cake tin on a deep baking tray and pour some water onto the baking tray.
- the water does not touch the cake mixture, rather, it creates a moat around the cake tin.
- bake the cake at 170°C for 15 minutes.
- reduce the heat to 160°C for a further 15 minutes.
- switch the oven off but leave the cake inside for a final 15 minutes.
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