Blueberry Cheesecake

Blueberry Cheesecake
Recipe Type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Author: Caroline Artiss
Prep time: 2 hours 30 mins
Cook time: 1 hour 5 mins
Total time: 3 hours 35 mins
Serves: 6
Learn how to make a delicious baked blueberry cheesecake with a hazelnut crust.
Ingredients
- Crust:
- 100g Finely chopped and roasted hazelnuts
- 200g plain flour
- 125g cold Butter in cubes
- Pinch salt
- 100g caster sugar
- Filling
- 500g cream cheese (room temperature)
- 180g caster sugar
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp almond essence
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tbsp double cream
- 200g blueberries
Instructions
Preheat oven to gas 3 / 165 c
Grease a 9-inch spring form tin with butter
- Step 1 – make the crust.
- If using a blender, put all the ingredients in the mixer and blend until the mixture becomes lumpy and like large bread crumbs
- Or put the flour and butter in a large bowl and rub together until it looks like large breadcrumbs, Then mix in all the other crust ingredients
- Press the mixture into the bottom of the tin firmly then put in the oven for 15 – 20 minutes or until it’s turned golden on top
- Take out and leave to the side.
- Step 2 – make the filling
- While the crust is baking you can start on making the filling
- If using a blender, add all ingredients apart from the egg’s and blueberries
- Blend until smooth and all the lumps have gone
- If you don’t have a blender, don’t worry, just put all the same ingredients in a bowl and beat until smooth
- Then add the eggs, one at a time and beat slowly until it is all mixed in
- Then stir in the blueberries
- Don’t whisk the cheesecake, as you want to avoid adding air
- Pour the filling on top of the crust and put in the oven for 45 minutes
- To check it is done, gently shake the tin and if it wobbles slightly in the middle it is done, if it is still runny it’s not done
- Turn oven off and leave cheesecake in there to cool down for an hour
- Once it is cool, put into the fridge and leave to chill over night
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