Last day of the year, there were plans of a fairly large party this evening with Steve, Ale and their friends and Casellas. But the location intended for the party turned out not available, so we split the party up and we’re heading to Casa Casella later tonight, 6 of us, not 17. I’ve made a cheesecake and it’s a good thing it will not have to be divided between 17 people. It really is rather good, I must say. After a comfortable rest in the fridge I have portioned it and tried it and there will be no shame, shall we say! 🙂

It was all baked yesterday. For the base I used 150 g of Biscoff biscuits, crushed in the food processor. Nigella recommended digestive biscuits, but there was only a chocolate version in Esselunga. This blitzed with 70 g of melted and cooled butter was pressed into the lined round tin.

700g of Philadelhia cheese, 3 eggs, 3 yolks ( my cholesterol levels are rising just by typing this), gently combined together by KA. 150 g sugar added, some of it vanilla. A big fat drop of vanilla paste. Good squeeze of lemon juice. A bit of my candied orange peel. All this poured into the tin and baked in 180 degrees, in bain marie, for 50 minutes. Then a quick topping of sour cream, about 150 ml, some icing sugar and more vanilla paste added to the top, another 10 minutes and out of the oven. Left to cool completely, into the fridge for the night.

Obviously in Nigella’s book it looks stunning, my top layer wasn’t glamorous enough, so I grated a bit of dark chocolate on top and a few flaked almonds.

It is super moist and creamy. And delicious. And it will be the last thing we’ll eat this year. 🙂