Goat’s Cheese Cheesecakes with Raspberry Sauce

Name: Goat’s Cheese Cheesecakes with Raspberry Sauce
Cuisine: Latvian
Ingredients: 225 g/8 oz/1 cup creamy, thick goat’s cheese; 75 g/3 oz/⅓ cup soft light brown sugar; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 120 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup crème fraîche; 400 g/14 oz/2⅓ cups raspberries; 30 ml/2 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

By Silvena Johan Lauta

Published 2009

About

Cheesecakes are much loved in the Baltic and there are many different variations to be found. This one, from Riga, is unusual in its use of goat’s cheese and it has a thick and fragrant raspberry sauce to drizzle over the top.

Ingredients

225 g/8 oz/1 cup creamy, thick goat’s cheese
75

Europe
Latvia
Riga
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Butter six ramekin dishes. Put the goat’s cheese and sugar in a bowl and whisk together until light and fluffy, using an electric mixer, if you like.

Per portion Energy 239kcal/997kJ; Protein 9.4g; Carbohydrate 16.7g, of which sugars 16.6g; Fat 15.5g, of which saturates 9.7g; Cholesterol 114mg; Calcium 76mg; Fibre 1.3g; Sodium 201mg.