Cheesecake

Cheesecake

This cheesecake dessert combines a crunchy almond crust with a filling of Kiri® Professional Cooking & Spreading, whole eggs and cream. The Kiri® Professional Cooking & Spreading gives the cheesecake its full and creamy texture and flavour.

Portions
- +
Preparation time
240
minutes
Cooking time
45
minutes
Price category

Ingredients

The pie crust

  • 100 g cake flour
  • 25 g bread flour
  • 20 g ground almonds
  • 43 g granulated sugar
  • 0.5 g vanilla sugar
  • 1.5 g salt
  • 90 g unsalted butter
  • 30 g whole eggs

The filling

The egg brush

  • 9 g egg yolks
  • 6 g cream 35%

Preparation

The pie crust

  1. In a food processor, add the flours, ground almonds, granulated sugar, vanilla sugar and salt. Pulse a few time to combine.
  2. Add the butter and blend again.
  3. Lastly, add the eggs and mix until there are no more flour pockets.
  4. Transfer to a dish covered in cling film and wrap tightly into a rectangle shape. Refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours (or overnight).
  5. Roll out the dough, turning it as you go. Transfer the dough to a tray, wrap it in cling film and refrigerate for 20 to 30 minutes.
  6. Cut a circle a few centimeters larger than the pan. Using a roller docker or a fork to make little holes.
  7. Transfer the dough in the pan.
  8. Press gently around the side, turning the pan as you go. Try to avoid overlapping the dough.
  9. Roll the rolling pin over your pan to cut excess dough.
  10. Lay a piece of baking parchment over the dough and fill with pie stones. Bake at 160°C for about 20 minutes.
  11. After 20 minutes, remove the pie stones and baking parchment. Return the pie cup to the oven, baking for 15 minutes at 160°C.

The filling

  1. Sift the flour and sugar.
  2. In a bowl, mix the Kiri® Professional and cream, adding it little by little, stirring well in between each addition.
  3. Next, add the eggs. There is no need to incorporate air.
  4. Filter and transfer to a bowl.

The egg brush

  1. Make the egg brush.
  2. Mix the egg yolk and cream. Strain and reserve.

Bake

  1. Brush the pie crust with the egg and cream mix. Bake at 200°C for 5 minutes.
  2. Pour the filling and bake at 200°C for 20 minutes.
  3. Transfer the pan over a cooling rack.
  4. When cooled down, remove from the tin and sprinkle with icing sugar on the edge of the pie. Serve cool.