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Strawberry Cheesecake reminds me of my days in L.A and particularly the delicious cheese cakes we used to enjoy overlooking the beautiful beach at the famous cheesecake factory in Marina Del Rey. They were great times where life was so carefree and where I fell in love with sitting back and watching the stunning L.A sunsets.

 

Here I replicate the famous NY cheesecake. It’s a lot simpler than you can imagine and this recipe from the bbc good food is perfect. No need for a Bain Marie bake it is easy, straight forward and it turned out perfect!

The strawberry glaze is a straight forward glaze and so easy to make.

Ingredients
  • 150g digestive biscuits
  • 75g butter, plus extra for greasing 
  • 900g full-fat cream cheese
  • 200g caster sugar
  • 200ml soured cream
  • 3 tbsp plain flour
  • 3 free-range eggs, plus 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease and line the base of a 23cm spring form cake tin.

  2. Place the biscuits in a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin to fine crumbs.

  3. Melt the butter and add the biscuit crumbs, stir to combine. Place in the base of the cake tin and spread in an even layer, then flatten (use your fingers or a potato masher).

  4. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes until golden. Remove and leave to cool while you prepare the filling.

  5. Reduce the oven to 160C.

  6. In a large bowl, beat together the cream cheese and sugar until smooth then add the sour cream and flour and beat again. Gradually add the eggs and vanilla essence beating well between each addition (beat in rather than whisk as you don’t want to incorporate too much air as this will affect the smooth surface of the cheesecake).

  7. Pour the cream cheese mix on to the biscuit base then bake in the oven for 45 minutes. The cheesecake should be just set with a slight wobble and should still be cream on top with just a slight golden hint around the edges.

  8. Once the cheesecake is cooked, turn off the oven and prop open the door so that it is slightly ajar and leave the cheesecake to cool in the oven – this prevents the top from cracking.

  9. Once the oven is cool you can remove the cheesecake to cool completely before removing from the tin.

Love, Miro ❤️

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Even as a child, Easter Sunday signaled a new beginning. That Sunday, meant we were celebrating a newness. A rebirth of the seasons. A looking forward to sunny beautiful days ahead, spent in the beautiful mountains of Lebanon or on the beach with our cousins.
This feeling of newness & hope, reverberated in everything that my mother did to the lead up to Easter Sunday & culminated in our Sunday feast. Our Easter brunch table was made up of colored eggs, rose water infused rice pudding, home made string cheese, brioche bread & the intricately decorated & time consuming “maamoul” cookies. These cookies were the main attraction, & my mom had a knack of making the sweet semolina outer layer so buttery & flaky that from that fist bite you were hooked. She would stuff them with date paste, which were my favorites or chopped walnuts.

Today, as the world starts to look at the pandemic through a rear view mirror, this Easter is even more poignant. It comes at a time when as a world we collectively abstained from our daily indulgences & fasted from even the simplest of pleasures mainly our own freedoms and the loss of touching & seeing our loved ones.

Just as with Easter Sunday, I’m hopeful that this loss will lead us into something new & that the time locked away & spent reflecting inwards, we have shed many bad habits to enable us to die in our old ways of living & resurrect into our new ones.

So, let this Easter be a celebration not just to the people who believe in Christ but for all humankind. May it be the start of a new beginning that brings a rebirth of a new found bond in the human race, where the simple pleasures of life become cherished again, steeped in a blind belief that as human beings, we shall all, Rise, again.

Wishing you a Blessed Easter 🐣

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Growing up Easter was a huge event. As a little girl the fuss my mother made over my Easter & Palm Sunday dresses & shoes was enough for me to proclaim it as my favorite time of year. My siblings & I were always dressed to the nines on those two days and on Palm Sunday I carried, what seemed, the most colossal and intricately molded candle adorned with the most beautiful of satin bows. Even as a child, Easter Sunday signaled a new beginning. That Sunday, meant we were celebrating a newness. A rebirth of the seasons. A looking forward to sunny beautiful days ahead, spent in the beautiful mountains of Lebanon or on the beach with our cousins. This feeling of newness & hope, reverberated in everything that my mother did to the lead up to Easter Sunday & culminated in our Sunday feast. Our Easter brunch table was made up of colored eggs, rose water infused rice pudding, home made string cheese, brioche bread & the intricately decorated & time consuming “maamoul” cookies. These cookies were the main attraction, & my mom had a knack of making the sweet semolina outer layer so buttery & flaky that from that fist bite you were hooked. She would stuff them with date paste, which were my favorites or chopped walnuts. Today, as the world starts to look at the pandemic through a rear view mirror, this Easter is even more poignant. It comes at a time when as a world we collectively abstained from our daily indulgences & fasted from even the simplest of pleasures mainly our own freedoms and the loss of touching & seeing our loved ones. Just as with Easter Sunday, I’m hopeful that this loss will lead us into something new & that the time locked away & spent reflecting inwards, we have shed many bad habits to enable us to die in our old ways of living & resurrect into our new ones. So, let this Easter be a celebration not just to the people who believe in Christ but for all humankind. May it be the start of a new beginning that brings a rebirth of a new found bond in the human race, where the simple pleasures of life become cherished again, steeped in a blind belief that as human beings, we shall all, Rise, again. Wishing you a Blessed Easter 🐣
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