Estonian Apple and Almond Cheesecake

Name: Estonian Apple and Almond Cheesecake
Cuisine: Estonian
Ingredients: 250 g/9 oz/generous 1 cup cream cheese; 250 g/9 oz/generous 1 cup ricotta cheese; 4 eggs, separated; 75 g/3 oz/⅔ cup semolina flour; 30 ml/2 tbsp ground almonds; 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup sour cream; 115 g/4 oz/generous ⅔ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 5 eating apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced; grated rind and juice of 1 lemon; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup flaked (sliced) almonds; 250 g/9 oz/generous 2 cups berries (any that are in season); 10 ml/2 tsp sugar

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

By Silvena Johan Lauta

Published 2009

About

This isn’t a typical cheesecake, more of a cheese and apple pie. It has plenty of flavour and is perfect served with a summer berry coulis. This is one of the most common desserts in the Baltics, often made with homemade cheese.

Ingredients

250 g/9 oz/generous 1 cup cream cheese
25

Europe
Estonia
Pie
Dessert
Vegetarian
Summer

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Butter and line a 20 x 30cm/8 x 12in cake tin (pan). Put the cream cheese and ricotta cheese in a large bowl and mix well. Add the egg yolks one at a time, stirring each into the cheese mixture.
Sprinkle the semol

Per portion Energy 500kcal/2080kJ; Protein 12.8g; Carbohydrate 30.1g, of which sugars 22.3g; Fat 37.5g, of which saturates 16.9g; Cholesterol 153mg; Calcium 124mg; Fibre 2.4g; Sodium 145mg.