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Chef Claude's Cheesecake

Chef Claude’s Cheesecake

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Servings

10 Servings

Ingredients

  • 3 cups digestive biscuits or graham crackers 500g
  • 4 ounces 1 stick butter, melted (100g)
  • 4⅓ 8-ounce bars of cream cheese, 35 ounces total (1000g)
  • 2⅔ cups sour cream 600g
  • 1¾ cups powdered sugar sifted (400g)
  • 6 eggs
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • 2 vanilla beans scraped
  • 2½ tablespoons all-purpose flour 35g
  • 2½ tablespoons potato starch 35g
  • 1⅓ cups sour cream 300g
  • 7 tablespoons powdered sugar 100g

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • In the bowl of a food processor, grind biscuits into a fine powder.
  • Add in melted butter and pulse until the mix is uniformly coated with butter.
  • Transfer the mix into a 12-inch springform cheesecake pan and evenly pat on the bottom.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, start creaming cream cheese, sour cream, and powdered sugar on low speed.
  • Add in eggs, zests, and vanilla and continue mixing. Sift in flour and potato starch and beat slowly until the mix is smooth and creamy, about 8 minutes.
  • Pour cheesecake mix into the pan and bake in a 350°F oven for 15 minutes, and then lower the heat to 285°F and continue baking for 30 minutes.
  • Mix sour cream and powdered sugar and pour over slightly cooled cheesecake. It has to still be warm in order to smooth out sour cream.
  • Chill cake for a minimum of 8 hours.