Cheesecake
Type | Various |
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Course | Dessert (predominantly) Savoury (eg. smoked salmon cheesecake) |
Place of origin | Ancient Greece |
Main ingredients | Cream cheese, sugar, pie crust (graham cracker crust, pastry, or sponge cake) |
Cheesecake is a
Culinary classification
Modern cheesecake is not usually classified as an actual "
Savoury cheesecakes
Smoked salmon cheesecake is a savoury form, containing smoked salmon.[10] It is most frequently served as an appetizer or a buffet item.[11][12] A smoked salmon cheesecake was a prize-winning recipe in 1996 in Better Homes and Gardens' Prize Tested Recipe Contest. The recipe called for the use of Swiss cheese along with the more usual (for cheesecakes) ricotta.[13]
History
An ancient form of cheesecake may have been a popular dish in
A more modern version called a sambocade, made with
The modern cheesecake
The English name cheesecake has been used only since the 15th century,
Modern commercial American
Modern cheesecake comes in two different types. Along with the baked cheesecake, some cheesecakes are made with uncooked cream cheese on a crumbled-cookie or graham cracker base. This type of cheesecake was invented in the United States.[20]
National varieties
Cheesecakes can be broadly categorized into two basic types: baked and unbaked. Some do not have a crust or base. Cheesecake comes in a variety of styles based on region:
Africa
South Africa
One popular variant of cheesecake in
Asia
Japan
Japanese cheesecake, or soufflé-style or cotton cheesecake, is made with cream cheese, butter, sugar, and eggs, and has a characteristically wobbly, airy texture, similar to chiffon cake.[27] No-bake cheesecakes are known as rare cheesecake (Japanese: レアチーズケーキ).[28]
Philippines
The most prominent version of cheesecake in the
Europe
Italy
Crostata di ricotta is a traditional Italian baked cheesecake, made with ricotta cheese, chocolate chips and eggs.[32] Also many cakes and desserts are filled with ricotta, like cassata Siciliana and pastiera Napoletana.
Poland
The Krakow cheesecake ("sernik Krakowski") is a baked variety of cheesecake or
Spain
Basque cheesecake was created in 1990 by Santiago Rivera of the La Viña restaurant in the Basque Country, Spain.[35][36] It is composed of burnt custard and no crust. It achieved popularity online in the 2010s, helped by a recipe published by the British food writer Nigella Lawson.[36] The Spanish chef Nieves Barragán Mohacho serves hers with a liquorice sauce, which Lawson included in her recipe.[35]
In 2021, Basque cheesecake was widely shared on Instagram and became "ubiquitous" in the UK.[35] In 2023, the British restaurant critic Jay Rayner complained that Basque cheesecake had become overabundant in London.[37]
Switzerland
Swiss Chäschüechli (ramequin in French-speaking parts of the country) are small cheesecake tartlets, savory rather than sweet.[38][39]
North America
United States
The United States has several different recipes for cheesecake and this usually depends on the region in which the cake is baked, as well as the cultural background of the person baking it.[40]
Chicago
Chicago-style cheesecake is a baked cream cheese version that is firm on the outside with a soft and creamy texture on the inside. These cheesecakes are often made in a greased cake pan and are relatively fluffy in texture. The crust used with this style of cheesecake is most commonly made from shortbread that is crushed and mixed with sugar and butter. Some frozen cheesecakes are Chicago-style.[41]
New York
New York–style cheesecake uses a
Galleries
Cheesecakes from around the world
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Bavarian baked cheesecake
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Thuringian Quarktorte from Germany
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French cheesecake (tarte au fromage)
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German cheesecake (Käsekuchen)
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Romanian cheesecake
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New York–style cheesecake with strawberries
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Japanese no-bake cheesecake with strawberry sauce
Fruit cheesecakes
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Blueberry and mixed-fruit cheesecake
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New York–style cheesecake with berries
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No-bake cheesecake with orange jelly
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Cheesecake with mango
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Lemon cheesecake
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Raw-food strawberry cheesecake
See also
- List of desserts
- List of pies, tarts and flans
- List of Kuih, Southeast Asian sweets
References
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Some consider baked cheesecake a cake, some a tart, some even a custard pie. Alan Davidson weighs in on the side of cheesecake being a tart, "a flat, baked item consisting of a base of pastry, or occasionally some other flour preparation, with a sweet or savoury topping not covered with a pastry lid".
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- ^ Ngo, Hope (2023-01-17). "The Reason Cheesecake Isn't Technically Cake". Tasting Table. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
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cheesecake: A flan or tart filled with curd or cream cheese.
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- ^ Dana Bovbjerg, Jeremy Iggers, The Joy of Cheesecake, Barron's Educational Series, 1989
- ^ Callimachus, ap. Athen, xiv. p. 643, e
- ^ Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura, paragraphs 75 and 76. Available in English on-line at: University of Chicago: Penelope (Note: The "leaves" mentioned in Cato's recipe are bay leaves.)
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- ^ Williamson, Olivia (3 September 2015). "3 ingredient cotton cheesecake: why all the hype?" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Yoshizuka, Setsuko (2021-05-19). "Try This Japanese-Style Rare "No-Bake" Cheesecake With Yogurt". The Spruce Eats. Archived from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
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- ^ a b Cloake, Felicity (2021-12-01). "How to make the perfect Basque cheesecake – recipe". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
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