Basil Cheesecake
For about 10 servings.
Ingredients
| 150 г | fresh kadaif (kataifi) pastry (for the base) |
| 75 г | melted butter |
| 500 г | Philadelphia cream cheese (for the filling) |
| 1 връзка | basil |
| 0.5 кофичка | sweetened condensed milk |
| 100 г | sugar |
| 3 | eggs |
| 200 г | sliced strawberries (raspberries may also be used) (for the strawberry "salad") |
| 50 г | powdered sugar |
| — | black pepper |
| — | salt |
| 45 мл | extra virgin olive oil |
| 15 мл | balsamic vinegar |
Instructions
Mix the kadaif with the butter and spread it on the bottom of aluminum cake molds. Bake at 175 degrees until golden. Beat the cream cheese with the sugar. Puree the basil in a blender together with the condensed milk. Add the basil mixture to the cream cheese, along with the salt, and beat. Add the eggs one by one and beat lightly. Leave the mixture in the refrigerator to "rest". Then carefully distribute it into the molds and bake in a water bath (the water should cover half of the molds) at 130 degrees for 20-25 minutes, until the cheesecake sets. Let it cool in the water, then chill for at least 3 hours. Mix the strawberries with the sugar and let them stand in the refrigerator for an hour. Add the remaining ingredients to them and mix everything carefully.