Cheesecake originates from Greece, on the Greek island
of Samos. The reason why New York is considered the main centre of cheesecakes is
because Arnold Reuben went from Germany to America when he was young and
especially made a New York style cheesecake after being invited to a dinner
party.
Some main ingredients in a cheesecake base are:
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Butter
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Spices
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Biscuits
Variations in cheesecakes:
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Baked cheesecakes have different
ingredients in the base e.g. flour, caster sugar and almond meal.
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Different cheeses e.g. cream
cheese, curd cheese, ricotta cheese, mascarpone
cheese, etc.
Usually
in non-bake cheese cakes/ chilled cheesecakes contain lemon juice. The purpose
of the lemon juice is to make the cheesecake firm. The lemon juice helps the
cheesecake set because the acid in the lemon reacts with the dairy making the
cheesecake firm. Baked cheesecakes don’t contain any lemon because they are
cooked which makes them firm.
Different
flavored cheesecakes:
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Black Forest
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Cookies and Cream
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Lemon
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Butterscotch
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Chocolate Chip
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Chocolate Barbarian
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Oreo
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White Chocolate
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Snickers Bar
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Caramel Swirl
The
list goes on and on.
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