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strawberry curd cheesecake

8 June 2018 by Dominic Franks

sstrawberry curd cheesecake

re-charging the batteries a little this week with a few days back at the cottage… we’re working but nothing quite beats staying at home and not having to battle through the London commute every morning. – So I wrote that sentence on Monday morning and then about an hour later everything changed and we came back to London.  It’s just been one of those weeks where it’s all been like a blurry whirlwind of madness I don’t think I sat down and now i’m in the car being driven back to the cottage and catching up on writing and blogging.  Not really sure quite how we cope with it all.  The weekly commute gets a little tiring, particularly in the summer when all you want to do is slow down and soak in the glory of it all.  I suppose we shouldn’t complain, it’s good that we’re busy, it’s just sometimes I wish there was that magical other day in the week between Wednesday and Thursday so I could catch up with it all… oh well, until they invent Wurseday we’ll just have to make do with this superfast cheesecake…

sstrawberry curd cheesecake

strawberry curd cheesecake

this is less of an actual cheesecake and more of a cheats baked cream cake if there was ever such a thing… but to me it actually tastes more like the traditional Jewish baked cheesecakes I ate as a kid than the horrible cloying so-called cheesecakes that you get in supermarkets and even at some restaurants.  It manages to be thick and light at the same time and has just the right amount if sweet to sour ratio.  I’ve used a homemade strawberry curd but you really could make this with any curd from lemon to rhubarb.  This strawberry curd recipe is the easiest and most hassle-free curd recipe I’ve ever made… try it!

for the strawberry curd

  • 250g strawberries, hulled and roughly chopped
  • 185g caster sugar
  • 125g butter
  • 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
  • 1 tablespoon orange juice
  • 4 large, free range egg yolks

for the base

  • 7 plain digestive biscuits – crushed
  • 50g butter – melted
  • 25g demerara sugar
for the filling
  • 2 large free-range eggs
  • 150g caster sugar
  • 300ml double cream
  • 50g plain flour
  • grated zest and juice of 2 lemons
  • 2 tablespoons strawberry curd
for the topping
  • 150g TOTAL Greek yoghurt
  • 2 tablespoons strawberry curd
  • fresh strawberries

start with the strawberry curd by placing the strawberries in a saucepan with the sugar, butter, orange zest and orange juice. Stir over low heat until the butter has melted and the sugar dissolved. Simmer gently for 5 minutes, then remove from the heat, once cooled a little, whizz up with a stick blender until smooth

lightly beat the egg yolks in a large bowl then, stirring constantly, slowly add the strawberry mixture in a thin stream. The mixture will thicken as you add it, then return to a low heat and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Do not allow the mixture to boil or the curd will separate. Pour into hot sterilized jars and seal while hot. Curd will keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 months. Once opened curd will keep, refrigerated, for 5 days.

preheat the oven to 180˚C and line the base of a 20cm round springform tin with baking parchment

in a bowl mix the crushed biscuits with the melted butter and sugar. Stir until all the biscuit is coated and then tip them into the tin and press into the base.
make the filling by whisking the eggs and sugar together until blended then pour in the cream, sift in the flour and whisk again until blended.  Next stir in the lemon juice, zest and curd and whisk again until combined and smooth.

pour the whole lot into the tin on top of the biscuit base and bake in the preheated oven for about 35-40 minutes, until the filling has set and is pale golden brown on top – remove from oven and set aside till coolfor the topping stir the curd into the yoghurt and spoon it onto the top of the cooled cheesecake, then layer the strawberries on top in a fashion that pleases you.

sstrawberry curd cheesecake

eat and of course, enjoy!

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  1. Phil in the Kitchen says

    12 June 2018 at 10:44 pm

    You may consider it a cheat but I think it’s a treat (see what I did there?). I’m especially impressed by the strawberry curd – I’ve really GOT to try that. When you get to my (very) advanced age you’ll find that there’s a magical day called Monday which is when everyone else has gone back to work and retired people like me are just mooching about and enjoying the peace. That’s something to look forward to, surely?

    • Dominic Franks says

      22 June 2018 at 7:03 pm

      Thanks Phil… I can’t wait till I become one of the mockers!

  2. Kate - Gluten Free Alchemist says

    19 June 2018 at 11:29 am

    It would be great if we could just have a few more days in the week to do what we want…. but I suspect the powers that be would claim them for more capitalist ventures rather than let us unwind!
    Cheesecakes are always welcome here… and strawberry is so ‘summer’! Loving the rustic look xx

    • Dominic Franks says

      22 June 2018 at 7:04 pm

      so true, some brand would own that day!

  3. Choclette says

    28 June 2018 at 8:55 pm

    Yes please to a Wurseday – as long as it isn’t a worse day 😉 And yes please to that cheesecake too. When I went through my phase of making every curd under the sun, I never thought to make strawberry. Wonderful.

    • Dominic Franks says

      29 June 2018 at 11:02 am

      HA!

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