Japanese Cheesecake Recipe
When it comes to baking, Japanese recipes might not be the first ones that come to mind. However, Japanese people evidently love desserts, and both traditional and modern Japanese cuisine offer numerous intriguing recipes for unique sweets and cakes. In this post, you'll discover how to bake a Japanese cheesecake and explore variations to try.
How to Make Cheesecake - Light and Crustless
The original recipe for Japanese cheesecake with just three ingredients (it's called "sufure chizu keki" in Japanese) has been slightly modified to make baking worthwhile in larger quantities. The preparation time for this recipe is about 20 minutes. Baking takes an additional 45 minutes, and the cheesecake needs to cool for one to two hours before it's ready to be served.
Recipe for Japanese cheesecake
200 g
white chocolate
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250 g
fresh cheese
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5
eggs
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Prepare before baking:
- Mixer, spoon
- Bowl for the batter
- Tall container for beating egg whites
- Double boiler for melting chocolate
- Cake pan (springform) or baking dish, possibly parchment paper and aluminum foil
- Butter or margarine for greasing the pan
Presenting the Cheesecake in Style
Before serving this Japanese dessert, let the cheesecake cool slowly for about one to two hours. It can be dusted with powdered sugar and garnished with fruits like currants, strawberries, or cherries.
If you want to go for a typical Japanese presentation, you could also offer a scoop of matcha ice cream as a topping for this delicious cheesecake. The unique contrast provides an intense flavor experience. The delicate yellow pieces of the cheesecake look great on Japanese tableware. Perhaps you have a stylish sushi plate, elegant blue and white dishes, or exquisite Raku ceramics to serve your Japanese desserts in a sophisticated manner.
Variations for the Japanese Cheesecake:
- Shape: Muffin tins, loaf pan, or decorative baking molds
- Use quark or mascarpone instead of cream cheese
- Use dark chocolate instead of white chocolate
- Flavor with vanilla or a teaspoon of lemon juice
Japanese Desserts - More Than Just Cake
You may have tried Japanese sweets on a trip to Japan or in a restaurant as a dessert. Mochi tastes delicious as a dessert. These small balls are made from sticky rice flour and filled with various pastes made from Anko beans or fruits. Anko is a typical Japanese ingredient where red beans are cooked until soft and sweetened with sugar. This results in a red bean paste used as a filling in sweet dough pockets or shaped into figures like marzipan. Many recipes use Matcha as an ingredient, providing a perfect contrast with its subtly bitter flavor to sweet cakes. However, unbeatable is the Japanese cheesecake without a crust, which is light, fluffy, and looks fantastic.
Enjoy baking!