Recipes: quick and easy cheesecake to make at home

• 700 grams of cream cheese (Philadelphia type)
• 200 grams of sugar
• One teaspoon of essence vanilla
• Four eggs
• 200 milligrams of sour cream or cream (optional)
• Zest of lemon or file (optional)
• jam berries to decorate (optional)

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Instead of red fruit jam, you can replace it with blueberry jam.

Elaboration

• Preheat the oven to 160 degrees
• Crush the cookies in a processor or place them in a bag and crush them with a rolling pin. Mix the crumbs with the butter and press the mixture into the bottom of a cake pan.
• In a large bowl, mix the cream cheese with the sugar and vanilla essence until you obtain a smooth and homogeneous mixture.
• Add the eggs one by one, beating well after each egg. If we want, add the sour cream and lemon or lime zest at this point and mix well.
• Pour the mixture over the biscuit base in the cake pan.
• Bake for approximately 45 to 55 minutes or until center is almost set. Let the cake cool in the oven with the door ajar to avoid cracks.
• Refrigerate for at least four hours or overnight before serving.
• You can decorate the cake with red fruit jam before serving it.

In this way, the cheesecake to enjoy with family or friends after a nice dinner, or in a round of mates during the afternoon.