Polish Cheesecake 1968 Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a 9 inch spring form pan.
• Prepare shortcrust recipe #90981.
• Sift flour and sugar into a large bowl, or processor, add the cubes of chilled butter until resembling cornmeal, add in the whole egg and vanilla until a dough forms, wrap and chill for one hour before rolling. ( This dough can be stored in the fridge for 4 days before using or can be frozen also up to 6 weeks.).
• roll out 1/8 inch thick and lay into prepared pan. Set aside in refrigerator.
• Roll out more dough onto parchment and make strips for the lattice top, and chill in frisge.
• Prepare filling, beat ricotta cheese, cream, sugar, flour, until smooth, add in the eggs one at a time, and beat in, not overbeating.
• Add the raisins and orange flower water, and blend well.
• Spoon gently into the prepared crust lined pan, take the strips of lattice and criss cross over top of batter.
• Beat an egg yolk with a pinch of salt, until frothy, and brush lattice strips on the top. This is not necessary but will help with a nice golden crust.
• Bake in preheated oven for 18 minutes, reduce heat to 350 and continue baking until set, about 40 minutes.
• Remove when set to a wire rack and completely cool befroe chilling in refrigerator or removing from pan.
• Sift powdered icing sugar over the top when serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Dough:.
• Pulse flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a food processor and butter and pulse till crumbly. Add egg and sour cream mix till it comes to a ball.
• With heavy floured hands press into a 13x9x2 pan bring up a touch on the sides of the pan. It will be sticky.
• Filling:.
• Beat egg whites in a mixer till stiff, set aside.
• Beat egg yolks, sugar and vanilla till light and creamy.
• In a food processor place butter, potatoes, cheese, Grand Marnier or limoncello, nutmeg, salt and zest of lemon or orange pulse till all combined.
• Add to yolk mixture folding in to incorporate.
• Fold in beaten egg whites.
• Pour on to crust.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes.
• Turn oven off and let cool with door ajar.
• Cool well before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Pan sizes: 9x13 or 11x17-inches, depending on how high you want the cake. (I use 2 disposable foil pans, one inside the other. To remove from the pan after baking, I loosen the sides then cut the pan and peel it away).
• OR you can line the foil pans with foil [;), and lift it out to cut.
• COOKIE DOUGH:
• Mix flour, baking powder, 1/2 cup sugar, and margarine.
• Work as for pie dough.
• Then add beaten eggs and milk.
• Pat in pan which has been greased on bottom and sides.
• Cover dough with pineapple.
• CHEESECAKE FILLING:.
• Cream the cheese with the sugar until very smooth.
• Add lemon juice, salt and potato starch.
• Add eggs yolks and beat slightly.
• Beat heavy cream until soft peaks form.
• Fold into the cheese mixture.
• Beat egg whites until soft peaks form and fold into cheese mixture.
• Pour cheese over pineapple.
• TO BAKE:.
• Bake for about one hour.
• Test with knife in center to see if done.