Yay! After ages of being sunk in chocolate till I actually go breathless, I decided to try out a cheesecake. The Occasion? - my best friend's birthday! Let me warn you though - it's easy on you but not on your pocket! So the next time you see the cheesecake being doubly as costly as the other pastries, you will be fully fit to empathize with them!
Let's start with where to buy the ingredients from.
You need Cream Cheese and Sour Cream - you get this at FoodHall, Godrej Nature's Basket, etc.
Blueberry Preserve - The same places
Ingredients - (Total Cost - Rs. 800 odd)
Cream Cheese - 450 gms
Sour Cream - 100 gms
Eggs - 2
Flour (Maida) - 4-5 heaped tsps
Vanilla Essence - Around 1 tsp
Powder Sugar - 1 1/3 cups full (approx. 300-350 ml) - Please taste before adding the entire quantity as per the quantity of sweetness on your taste buds!
Cookies (or Marie Biscuits) - 1 packet
Amul Butter - Almost 1 packet (100 gms)
Sugar (for the base) - as per taste
Procedure -
1. Crush the biscuits in a mixer. Take a vessel and add the butter and the sugar for the base in it. After it melts, add the crushed biscuits. Toss till golden brown!
2. Take a big bowl and add the cream cheese. Put the hand mixer / blender on low speed and start beating it lightly. Slowly add, one by one, the powdered sugar, the flour, the eggs, the essence and the sour cream.
3. Mix well and keep aside in the fridge.
4. Take a open base mould (if it has a removable base , the better! ). Cover the base with aluminium foil all the way till the top as an added protection.
5. Preheat the oven for 5 minutes at 160 degree Celsius.
6. In the meanwhile, layer the base of the mould with the biscuit mixture. Spread it evenly and press it gently to make a think base.
7. Pour the cheese mixture in it and level.
8. Bake for around 50-60 minutes at 160 degree Celsius.
9. Remove it and let it cool in the fridge. Remove it on a separate dish and apply the blueberry preserve on it.
10. Last but not the least, see the happiness on your friend's face and ENJOY the Cake! Bon Appetit!
