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Cheesecake – Ostkaka Recipe

Yields1 ServingPrep Time10 minsCook Time45 minsTotal Time55 mins

A traditional Swedish Ostkaka, or cheesecake, is made with a base of quark cheese, eggs, cream, and milk. It is often flavored with almond extract, and the top is traditionally decorated with toasted almonds.

 12 litre milk
 0.30 litre all-purpose flour
 1 tablespoon rennet
 1 litre cream
 6 eggs
 250 grammes granulated sugar
 200 grammes almonds
 10 pieces bitter almonds
1

Proceed as follows:

2

Heat the milk to 37 oC (100 oF). Add the all-purpose flour and the rennet. Stir until the mixture thickens.

3

Let it stand until it separates into cheese and whey. Stir a few times so that the cheese separates from the whey.

4

Strain the mixture and make certain virtually all of the whey is removed.

5

Stir cream, granulated sugar, eggs and finely chopped almonds and bitter almonds into the "cheese".

6

Pour the mixture into suitable buttered forms. Place the forms in a water bath and bake them at low heat in the oven (175 oC, 350 oF.) until the mixture solidifies and acquires a light brown colour