Laura’s Cheesecake with Pine Nut Glaze

Tarta de Queso con Frutos Secos

Preparation info
  • Makes

    one

    10 inch cake
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

By Anya von Bremzen

Published 2005

  • About

The Casa Robles restaurant is as famous a landmark in Seville as the Moorish Giralda tower. In charge of desserts here is Laura Robles, the proprietor’s daughter, whose sweets winningly combine tradition and innovation. With its glasslike glaze of pine nuts and white raisins, Laura’s cheesecake is as luscious as it is dramatic to look at. A mixture of cream cheese and ricotta is a good approximation of the creamy San Millán cheese Laura uses. And while she suggests a clear apple juice for t