Monday, September 17, 2007

坊太与你: Chilled Oreo Cheesecake

I had made this recipe more than once, and everytime it turns out beautifully with consistent taste. The texture of this cheesecake is smooth and light, and less stodgy than New York Cheesecake. Overall it isn't too sweet but from time to time you will be on cloud nine when you get a bite on the scattered Oreo, and on the Oreo crust that is good even if you eat it on its own.
The best thing that I found on this recipe is, it requires minimum cooking time but you will still get a masterpiece that amazes your peers as it doesn't involve any baking that usually takes hours to cool down before sending it into the refrigerator.


Chilled Oreo Cheesecake


Ingredients:

Crust:
220 g whole Oreo
120g melted butter

Filling:
100g sugar
8 egg yolks
500g cream cheese
22g gelatine powder dissolved with 100ml of hot water
300ml whipped cream
50g cooking chocolate
1 packet of Oreo sandwiches

Yield: A 9" cake that feeds 12 stomachs

Method:

For crust:
1. Blend the whole Oreo in a food processor until it assembles fine crumbs. If you don't have a food processor, simply place the cookies into a large clean plastic bag, seal it up and crush them by rolling a pin over the bag.
2. In a bowl, mix the Oreo crumbs with melted butter until all the crumbs take on a wet appearance.
3. Press the mixture into a 9" round springform tin. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 20 mins until the base is firm.

For filling:
1. Whisk the egg yolks and sugar lightly over a pot of simmering water. Make sure that the base of mixing bowl doesn't touch on the water. Whisk until the texture becomes thick and lighter in colour.
2. Beat cream cheese on low until smooth and creamy. Pour in the melted gelatine mixture and mix evenly with a spatula.
3. Pour the whisked egg yolk into the cream cheese mixture gradually and mix till evenly combined.
4. Fold in whipped cream.
5. Pour half of the cream cheese mixture onto the prepared base, lay oreo cookies on top of the filling and pour the remaining mixture on top.
6. Mix 2 tbsp of cream cheese mixture with melted chocolate and spoon it on top of the cheesecake. Use a skewer to swirl it into marble effect.
7. Chill in the refrigerator for more than 4 hours or overnight before serving.

Normally the price of a cake will skyrocket when it's tagged with a "cheese" word. Try this homemade cheesecake that doesn't need an oven, which you probably need to spend only half of the money that you spend on any store-bought cheesecake.

14 comments:

pik lay said...
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pik lay said...

Thanks for the recipe. Maybe will try when got time :p Doubt I can make a good cake.

pik lay said...
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Fang Fang said...

huh, who removed all the comments?

esee said...

emmm.. U make a lot of food I like.. but i cannot expect it always..
next time when my gf come.. you brain wash her to make those for me.. expecially pasta :p

Fang Fang said...

even if your gf, you can't expect it always. :D
anyway, i gonna charge for all the classes hehe..

pik lay said...

Me la.. i post then dunno why appear so many times.. I delete the extra ones lo..

hANNiS said...

Just like the "Every one can cook!", I strongly believe everyone can make cake as well. Pik Lay, you too. You see, FF always complains she got problem to bake (once a week???), but still she can bake so many cakes.

Eng Heng, pasta so easy. Cook it yourself ler... I actually can cook many things too, just i am super lazy ler. Cook is still okie, but when want to clean up...Damn!

Fang Fang said...

wei 72 words only, you eat up 28 words?

hANNiS said...

Haiyo..so ma fan wants 100 words...let me count how many words i wrote till here, 17 words liao, no no, plus this few words is already 28 words lo....eh, now wor, now write few more words liao, should be more than 28 words liao wor...aiya..like this how to count, i keep tying and the words getting more and more....hmm..how leh, never mind, let me estimate again now, 12 lines times 7 words per line, eh, got 84 words liao wor....aikks...now got exra two more lines liao...14x7 = 98...hmm....i dunno liao la....cannot count one...u count urself la...then tell me how many words...should be more than 100 words liao kuar..

esee said...

huh .. got ppl make for me then i feel more hung fuk mah. Just like FF make cake somemore got delivery lagi. Make ppl feel hungfuk mah..

Fang Fang said...

no wonder you also fat fuk liao.. hehe...

kidding buddy, chubby chubby only cute, just like me!

esee said...

u r skinny lar.. nor bak one.. only left bone :D

hANNiS said...

Eng Heng likes chubby baby fat one....Can cubit cubit is it? hahaha...