Shavuot Cheesecake Made Easy

Name: Shavuot Cheesecake Made Easy
Ingredients: 75 g (5 tbsp) unsalted butter; 150 g (1 rounded cup) plain flour; pinch of salt; 1 egg yolk; 500 ml (2 cups) double cream; 1 tsp vanilla syrup; 120 g (1 cup) icing sugar, split into two equal portions; zest of 1 lemon; 500 g (1 lb 1½ oz) low-fat cream cheese; 400 g (14 oz) full-fat cream cheese

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Ultimate Cheesecake Cookbook

By Michael Leventhal

Published 2025

About

We wanted to share a delicious recipe from Chef Yanir Mrejen for an easy, creamy cheesecake recipe that’s traditionally enjoyed on the holiday of Shavuot. Shavuot, which celebrates God’s giving of the Torah to the Jewish people on Mount Sinai, is also known as a ‘dairy’ holiday where cheesecake is a big feature.

Ingredients

For the base

75 g (5 tbsp) unsalted butter
150 g (1 roun

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Place a piece of parchment paper over the bottom of a 30cm (12in) Springform tin, then seal the tin edge around the base. Grease the inner sides of the tin with butter or cooking spray.
In a bowl, rub together the butter and flour with your fingertips until it resembles breadcrumbs. Mix in the icing sugar with a pinch of salt, then the egg yolk. If the pastry f