Sernik Cheesecake
From polishyourkitchen 14 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 20
I absolutely love to cook savory dishes but somehow baking a cake terrifies me. I have no idea why but I’m guessing it might be because once you put the cake into the oven you have no impact on the outcome and the outcomes often are disastrous. Read more Anyways I decided to take the challenge but transformed the traditional recipe to easier and more modern one. The traditional recipe calls for the crumble dough (kruche ciasto) to fill the bottom of sernik. I simply used crackers mixed with melted butter and got basically the same effect in a fraction of a time. I also used some ingredients which might not be found in the traditional old recipes. Imagine that some old cheesecake recipes call for mashed potatoes!!! I used potato starch and Farina instead. If you wonder what is farina maybe you’ll know its other names: wheat cream, semolina, kasza manna. See less
Ingredients
- CRUMBLE DOUGH (KRUCHE CIASTO): shopping list
- 8 oz pack of unsalted crackers shopping list
- 6 oz (1.5 stick) of butter shopping list
- 9 x 13 inch pan shopping list
- cheese FILLING: shopping list
- 2 Ib of whole fat ricotta cheese (in Poland usually farmer’s cheese is used) shopping list
- 1.5 stick (6 oz) of butter shopping list
- 8 eggs shopping list
- 2 cups powder sugar shopping list
- 2 Tbsp of potato starch shopping list
- 4 Tbsp of farina (wheat cream, semolina, kasza manna) shopping list
- 2 x 3.5 oz cups of vanilla pudding shopping list
- 1 tspn of vanilla extract shopping list
- 1 tspn of baking powder shopping list
How to make it
- First process the crackers in the food processor or blender until crumbled. Melt the butter in the microwave and mix with the crackers. If still too dry you can add a bit more butter but remember it should be too moist. Meanwhile spread some butter all over the form and sprinkle with breadcrumbs (it prevents cake from sticking to the bottom of the pan) or lay with parchment paper. Now evenly spread the dough all over the pan.
- Separate yolks from the whites and mix yolks with ricotta cheese, melted butter, sugar, potato starch, farina, vanilla puddings, vanilla extract and baking powder. Mix with a big spoon until all ingredients are well combined. Heat the oven to 350°F and beat the egg whites until stiff. Carefully add the beaten egg whites to the cheese mixture and gently but mix everything together. Fill the pan with a cheese mixture and bake 60 min or until the top is lightly browned. Turn off the heat and let leave it in the oven for 10 more minutes or let it cool down completely in the oven. When cool you can sprinkle the top with a powder sugar or spread chocolate icing.
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this sounds great... can't wait to try making it..five forks
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