Burnt Basque Cheesecake Recipe (La Viña Style)

+30g lime juice +10g vanilla extract, subbed in gf flour, 300g sugar, 1/2tsp salt

Delicious and rich and a lovely amount of sweetness (I used 350g sugar but would try 300g next time just to see). So easy to make! Recipetineats has a more detailed recipe with an improved texture. However, this really had a caramelised top, possibly because it doesn't call for whisking until the sugar is dissolved. Nicola Lamb has an amazing recipe for a lemon Basque cheesecake with caramelised lemons on the side that is nicer still. Used chatgpt to scale this for a 27cm tin. Cooked for 45-50 mins or so until it was very properly caramelised. Will definitely be doing this again. For perfectly clean slices, we found a large sharp chef knife, wiped clean in between slices, worked very well. Doesn't need anything to go with it as it's a lovely complex layered flavour, but for decor I might try a small puff of squirty cream. Definitely no berries or chocolate, they would distract way too much I reckon.

Quite an easy recipe, made this last night! Since I used marginally less cheese (900g), I used 6 eggs.. decided to chuck in a tbsp of cornflour as well and about 330g sugar (probably could've done even less!) It turned out well. The top was taking a while to burn so ended up having it in oven close to an hour. Hence inside was more dry than expected but still nice! Added some chocolate ganache too 😊

Pretty tasty as is. Really rich. Could use a fruit spread or couli next time. I didn't use any flour.. so not sure how it would change the outcome. Did 45 min in my oven and center was nice and creamy. Could have done 50-55.

Cook it for 35 minutes in conventional setting. (Top and bottom heat)

Used 300g of sugar, could have been less. Cheesecake was a bit sticky (had to clean the knife between slices) but delicious.

This has no base so is actually pretty light. The recipe calls for 400g of sugar and 1 tbsp of flour. I used 250g of sugar and 2 tbsp of flour