Many thanks all

I fell in love with the cheesecakes while on a tourist trip, so mainly the
Manhattan area.
Seemed to be the crust or base, like digestive biscuit, then a thick creamy
vanilla tasting topping. The UK has a nasty habit of putting strawberry
stuff etc on top of this, rarely it tastes nice, unlike the sugar dusting
the ones I tried in the USA.

Sainsbury's, a UK supermarket, do a "New York" style cheesecake, but not
that good. Another UK supermarket, Tesco, did a "Slice" of New York
cheesecake, and it was good, but typical of the UK, they stopped selling it.

Bob
London UK


"Pan" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:13:47 +0100, "Emimec"
> > wrote:
>
>>Has anyone a recipe for what I call "American cheescake" please. The stuff
>>you buy in the New York deli's is what I'm trying to make.
>>The closest I ever bought here in London was supermarket made, and not
>>quite
>>the same.
>>Bob
>>
> Depending on which area of New York, here is the lighter version,
>
> Cheesecake
>
>
> Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
> -------- ------------ --------------------------------
> For the crust
> 1-½ cups ground almonds
> ¼ cup melted butter, cooled to room temperature
> ¼ cup sugar
> For the cake
> 1 lb. Cream cheese -- softened
> 1 Lb. Ricotta cheese
> 2 cups sour cream
> 1-½ cups sugar
> 4 eggs, large at room temperature
> ¼ cup melted butter, cooled to room temperature
> 3 tbsp. all-purpose flour
> 3 tbsp. cornstarch
> 3 tbsp. Lemon juice
> Zest of one lemon
> 1 Teaspoon of vanilla extract.
> 1 Teaspoon of almond extract
>
>
> Spray a 9" spring form pan with cooking spray, and then line bottom
> and sides with parchment paper.
>
> Mix the ground almonds, sugar, and ¼ cup of melted and cooled
> butter. Spread this mixture on the bottom of the spring form pan. Bake
> this in a 350-degree oven for about 10 to15 minuets, until slightly
> browned.
>
> Cream the Ricotta, sugar, and cream cheese in a large bowl
> Add in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one.
> Add butter, flour, cornstarch, lemon juice, and vanilla & almond
> extracts, and beat well.
> Now fold or whip in the sour cream.
>
> Pour this over the cooled crust that you made earlier.
> Set oven to 325 degrees, bake cake, in center of oven for one hour.
> The cake center will still be soft.
> Turn of the oven and leave the cake in the oven for about 2 hours. DO
> NOT OPEN THE DOOR.
>
> After the two hours in the oven, remove to the counter and allow to
> cool to room temperature. Then chill for 2 more hours, loosely
> covered.
> Remove from spring form pan to serving plate; remove the parchment
> paper from the sides. Keep refrigerated.