lemon and wattleseed cheesecake
preparation time 45 minutes. cooking time 10 minutes for bases, 15 minutes for cheesecakes and 10 minutes for praline
Ingredients
base
360g butter, cubed
750g flour
187.5g caster sugar
187.5g soft brown sugar
Water 180mL
30g Wattleseed
750g Macadamias, toasted for 5 minutes until light golden, then chopped
filling
4,500g cream cheese
1,080g Bulla Sour Cream
180g egg
1,320g caster sugar
20g lemon zest (approx 4 lemons)
20ml lemon juice (1/2 to 1 lemon)
praline topping
500g sugar
150g water
800g macadamia nuts, toasted to light golden
1 Tbsp wattleseed
Cooking Directions
- Paddle the butter and flour and add the sugar. Then, mix the water, wattleseed and macadamias, until everything just comes together. Press 30g of the mix into the bottom of wide-based paper cases (such as Confeta 900H). Set inside large muffin tins and bake for 10 mins at 160 degrees until light golden brown.
- To make the filling, paddle the cream cheese until soft and fluffy and add the Bulla Sour Cream until smooth. Beat in the egg, then the sugar, zest and juice. Use a scoop to fill cases to 1cm from the top. Bake for 15min at 160 degrees. It should still have some wobble. Cool, then garnish with praline topping.
- To make the topping, heat the sugar and water, making a caramel to the ‘hard crack’ stage. Add the nuts and wattleseed and carefully pour onto a silpat mat. When set, crush into a coarse praline and reserve for garnish.
Ingredients
base
360g butter, cubed
750g flour
187.5g caster sugar
187.5g soft brown sugar
Water 180mL
30g Wattleseed
750g Macadamias, toasted for 5 minutes until light golden, then chopped
filling
4,500g cream cheese
1,080g Bulla Sour Cream
180g egg
1,320g caster sugar
20g lemon zest (approx 4 lemons)
20ml lemon juice (1/2 to 1 lemon)
praline topping
500g sugar
150g water
800g macadamia nuts, toasted to light golden
1 Tbsp wattleseed