Making Cheesecake For The First Time

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: neufchâtel cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Neufchâtel has less fat, while ricotta is often less expensive.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: buttermilk

Greek yogurt adds protein and reduces fat.

Crush the biscuits using a method of your choice (the creator used a pottery tool).

Put the crushed biscuits in a bowl.

Melt the butter and mix it with the biscuit crumbs until it forms a thick, gooey mixture.

Create a DIY cardboard circular frame for the cake since a circular baking tray is not available.

Butter the tray and dump the gooey mixture into it, flattening it out to form the base of the cake.

Refrigerate the base.

In a bowl, mix the soft cheese, icing sugar, vanilla extract, and double cream until well combined (the creator mixed by hand).

Gently pour the cheese mixture onto the chilled base and smooth it out.

Refrigerate for anywhere between 8 to 24 hours depending on preference.

Remove the DIY frame and hope the cake stays intact (the creator was pleased with the result).

Decorate the cheesecake with remaining biscuit crumbs in a spiral pattern and fresh sliced strawberries.

Cut a piece, taste it, and take pictures.

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