Can’t believe I can finally share this recipe.
It’s such a special one to me because again it was my grandmother’s recipe.
I shared this before but i’ll share again. Food memories are usually more powerful and vivid than any other type of memories since it involves all 5 senses. That’s why making all of my grandmother’s recipes helps me keep the memories and the traditions alive.
In my family growing up, we never had a dairy Shavuot meal. However, we did have my grandmother’s cheesecake before eating and it was always amazing.
I am so happy I get to share it today, and hope that many of you will give it a try!
Ps: This recipe comes together super quickly. It took me 20 minutes on the dot to put the whole thing together, which is not bad for a holiday dessert
Cream:
4 packs cream cheese (250gx4) - you can use either regular or whipped depending on what you prefer.
1 cup sugar (~230g)
4 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup chocolate chips, or 50g of bittersweet chocolate (optional)
1 tbsp unsalted butter (optional)
Crust:
135g graham crackers, about 9 crackers.
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 325 F.
Prepare your crust: Grind graham crackers completely in a ziploc bag or in a food processor. Completely melt the butter. Combine both and press at the bottom of a springform pan.
For cream: In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together cream cheese and sugar. Once fully combined, add in one egg at a time. Add in the vanilla.
Pour cream over crust.
Melt your chocolate chips and butter in the microwave (in 30 second intervals) or in a water bath.
Working quickly, add in the melted chocolate to your cream and mix lightly using a knife to create the marble look. You can skip this completely or just add the chocolate straight to the mixer to make it fully chocolate flavor.
Bake for 45 minutes. Once the 45 min are over, turn off oven and slightly open it, leaving the cheesecake inside to cool for at least 1 hour. Afterwards, cool completely for at least 4 hours in the fridge before eating.
Tip: At the same time as you put your cheesecake to bake, put a dish filled with water in the oven on a separate rack, so that the steam in the oven helps the cheesecake not to burn.
Enjoy,
Guila
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