Strawberry Cheesecake
A go-to cheesecake recipe perfect for Strawberries or any other fruit.
- Prep
- 30m
- Cook
- 60m
- Chill
- 4h
- Total
- 5h 30m
- Serves
- 8
What you need
Ingredients
For the Crust
- 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
For the Filling
- 2 8oz packs of cream cheese
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 1/2 cups caster sugar
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 3 eggs, at room temperature
For the Sauce
- 1 lb strawberries, halved
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp water
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Method
Prep
- 01Preheat oven to 320F
- 02Place a piece of parchment paper on the bottom of a 9" springform pan and close
- 03Lightly butter the sides of the pan
Crust
- 01Combine melted butter and graham cracker crumbs until it resembles wet sand
- 02Pour into the prepared cake tin. Use a spatula to roughly spread it out over the base
- 03Use something with a flat base and vertical edges to flatten the base
- 04Bake the crust for 10 minutes. Remove it from the oven, and set it aside as you make the filling
Filling
- 01Use a mixer or beater to beat the cream cheese until just smooth
- 02Add flour, beat for 5 seconds
- 03Add vanilla, sour cream, sugar, and lemon zest. Beat until just combined
- 04Add eggs one at a time, beat in between until combined
- 05Pour into prepared crust
- 06Bake for 55 minutes. The top should be a very light golden brown, not cracked, and near perfectly flat. It should jiggle slightly when you gently shake the pan
- 07Cool the cake in the oven with the door open
- 08Remove sides. Use overhang paper to slide cheesecake off the cake pan. Then slide the cheesecake off the paper
- 09
Strawberry Topping
- 01Place chopped strawberries, vanilla, sugar and lemon juices in a saucepan. Stir then bring to simmer over medium heat
- 02Simmer for 10 minutes until strawberries breakdown
- 03Mix cornstarch with water, then add into saucepan and stir
- 04Add halved strawberries and cook for 1 minute to soften
- 05Sauce should be syrupy – remove from stove and cool. Will thicken as it cools
- 06Spoon onto cheesecake
- 07Slice and serve