Lemon Vanilla Curd Cake Irish Cheesecake
Delicately flavoured cheesecake made with cottage cheese.
Steps
Preheat oven to 350f , warm a baking sheet and grease a loose-bottomed flan tin.
Roll out the shortcrust pastry until thin , then line the flan tin with the dough , trimming off any excess.
Chill pastry case in the fridge.
Cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy , then beat in the egg yolks , flour , lemon rind , lemon juice and sieved cottage cheese.
Mix well , then spoon into the pastry case.
Mix topping ingredients together and spread on top of the curd filling.
Place the flan tin on the warmed baking sheet and bake for approximately 1 hour or until the top is lightly browned and slightly firm.
Dust with powdered sugar and serve cool but not chilled.
Ingredients
shortcrust pastry, butter, vanilla sugar, egg yolks, flour, lemon, juice and zest of, cottage cheese, sugar, egg, powdered sugar