
Ingredients
For 12
For the base
200g
Digestive biscuits, crumbled
100g
Butter, melted
For the filling
250g
QimiQ Classic, unchilled
60g
Butter, softened
120g
Sugar
3
Egg yolk(s)
500g
Quark 20 % fat
1packet
Custard powder
1tsp
Lemon peel
3
Egg white(s)
For the topping
400g
Strawberries
100g
Powdered sugar
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 170° C (conventional oven).
- For the base, mix the biscuit crumbs and butter together well and press firmly into the cake tin base and form a 2 cm high rim. Chill for 20 minutes.
- For the filling, whisk the butter with the sugar. Add the egg yolks and whisk well.
- Whisk QimiQ Classic smooth. Add the cream cheese, vanilla powder and lemon zest and mix well. Fold in the butter mixture and mix well.
- Whisk the egg whites stiff and fold into the cream cheese mixture.
- Pour onto the base and bake in the hot oven for approx. 60 minutes. Allow to cool in the cake tin and allow to cool. Remove the cake from the tin and place onto a plate.
- For the topping, quarter 3 large strawberries and put to one side to decorate. Blend 200 g strawberries with 100 g icing sugar and add the remaining diced strawberries. Cover the surface of the cheese cake with the strawberry puree and serve decorated with the strawberry quarters.