Cheesecake

Prep Time: 30min
Cook Time: 60min
Total Time: 90min
Cuisine: German
Dietary: vegetarian

Ingredients

For the base

  • 250g flour
  • 125g butter
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 30g sugar
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1 egg yolk (save the egg white!)
  • 1 can mandarins

For the topping

  • 1kg low-fat quark
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 150g sugar
  • Juice from the can of mandarins
  • 2 packets vanilla sugar
  • 1 packet cheesecake helper
  • 1 portion vanilla extract (small tube)
  • 3½ egg yolks (save ½ egg yolk for brushing, save egg whites too)
  • at least ⅛l milk – possibly a bit more

Instructions

Prepare the base

  1. Knead all ingredients for the base well.
  2. Press into a greased baking pan (max. 26cm diameter) and press up a small rim.
  3. Let mandarins drain well and distribute on the base.

Prepare the topping

  1. Mix all ingredients for the topping (except egg whites) well and for a long time on highest speed with the mixer.
  2. The mixture must be nicely creamy, but not too liquid.
  3. Beat the 5 egg whites until stiff and carefully fold into the mixture.
  4. Fill the mixture into the pan and then brush with egg yolk.

Baking

  1. Preheat oven to 175°C with top/bottom heat (no convection).
  2. Bake for about 1 hour, turn off oven a bit earlier depending on browning.

Tips

  • The consistency of the quark mixture should be creamy, but not too liquid.
  • Important: Never open the oven during baking, or the cake will collapse
  • Slow cooling in the oven prevents cracks on the surface. Best to let cool overnight in the closed oven.
  • Can also be made with other fruits like blueberries or cherries