Clementine Cheesecake
zesty goodness
For some reason I was craving a creamy slice of citrus cheesecake (actually, it's not THAT surprising because cheesecake is DELICIOUS) so I zested some gorgeous clementines into the filling and because I wanted even more fruitiness, I cooked a sweet clementine syrup. A lil drizzle of something is always a good idea!
Servings: 1 small cheesecake Total time: 1 hour 30 min plus cooling time For the Cake
Ingredients
1 cup oat flour
20 g ground almonds
20g whole spelt flour
generous pinch of salt
2 tbsp (20g) coconut sugar
60g butter or coconut oil
1/4 cup oat milk
For the filling
Ingredients
500g 20% fat quark
200g full fat cream cheese
1/2 cup (60g) raw cane sugar
3 eggs
zest of 1 clementine or lemon
1 tsp vanilla extract
pinch of salt
For the syrup
Ingredients
juice of 4 clementines (140ml)
1/2 cup (160ml) maple syrup
2 tsp vanilla extract
generous pinch of salt
Instructions
To make the crust, combine all ingredients and form a dough by crumbling the butter or coconut oil into the flour and then kneading everything until you have a homogenous mass with no lumps. Take a Ø 18 springform cake tin, line the bottom with baking paper and press your dough onto the base until even. Bake at 180°C for 15 - 20 minutes.
In the meantime, prepare the filling. Combine all ingredients in a big bowl and whisk until smooth. That's it!
Once the crust is done pre-baking, remove it from the heat and grease the sides of the tin. Pour the filling in, even out the top and bake for 1 hour.
To prepare the syrup, add the ingredients to a small pot and simmer over medium heat for 20 - 30 min or until the consistency thickens. Reheat the syrup in a hot water bath when using it to make sure it's pourable.
Once the cheesecake is baked, turn the oven off and leave its door slightly ajar so the cake gets some more warmth (ca. 1 hour).
Take the cheesecake out of the oven (we're so close to tasting it!) and allow it to cool for at least 30 minutes or place in the fridge for 2 hours.
Serve with the clementine syrup and pour yourself a hot cup of coffee because that is what the cake was made for.