Description
The best classic New York cheesecake recipe rich and cream with a graham cracker crust (for an 8-inch pan)
Ingredients
Crust
- 220 g (1 3/4 cups) Graham crackers
- 100 g (5 tbsp) butter - melted
Cheesecake batter
- 600 g (21 oz) Cream cheese - softened
- 4 Eggs - room temperature
- 1 Egg yolk - room temperature
- 200 g (3/4 cups) Sour cream - room temperature
- 220 g (1 cup) Sugar - granulated
- 2 tbsp Cornstarch
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1/2 lemon juice
Instructions
Graham crackers crust
- Prepare and line a springform pan of 8 inch / 20 cm diameter with parchment paper.
- Blend the crackers into a fine meal.
- Mix the graham cracker crumbs with the melted butter in a medium bowl.
- Spread this crumbs mixture in the bottom of your springform pan and pack the mixture to make it rise on the sides.
- Place in the refrigerator while preparing the cheesecake.
Cheesecake batter :
- Boil a large pot of water while preparing the cheesecake maker.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, mix together the cream cheese, sugar, and cornstarch on medium speed.
- Then gradually add the eggs and egg yolk, beaten in several times, while keeping the mixer running at slow speed. Until you obtain a smooth and homogeneous mixture.
- Add the sour cream, vanilla extract and lemon juice while still mixing at slow speed. Do not add air to the cream to obtain a smooth cheesecake that does not crack when cooked.
- Pour the cheesecake mixture into the springform pan onto the crust and tap the pan a little on your work surface to release any air bubbles trapped in the cheesecake mixture.
- Pour the water from the pan into a baking tray and bake the cheesecake in the oven at 302°F / 150°C on the rack positioned just above it for about 1 hour 30 minutes.
- After baking, leave the cheesecake in the oven with the door open for another 30 - 45 minutes.
- Allow the cheesecake to cool completely in the pan at room temperature, then cover with cling film and place in the fridge overnight without removing it from the pan.
- The next day, remove the cheesecake from the pan and serve it with fresh fruit or a coulis.
Notes
Storage: In the fridge for 1 week.
Freezing: Leave it in its pan and cover it with plastic wrap and place it in the freezer for up to 3 months. To defrost, leave it in the refrigerator. Or cut it in parts and place them in a conservation box, you will be able to defrost them by the part.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 90 mintes
- Category: cheesecake cake, Dessert
- Cuisine: Americain
Nutrition
- Serving Size: slice
- Calories: 5336
- Sugar: 297
- Sodium: 4513
- Fat: 370
- Saturated Fat: 201
- Carbohydrates: 436
- Fiber: 8
- Protein: 81
- Cholesterol: 1829