Start your weekend on a sweet note with this wattleseed baked cheesecake

serves
8
P50 Salted caramel chèvre (goat's cheese) and wattleseed baked cheesecake
P50 Salted caramel chèvre (goat's cheese) and wattleseed baked cheesecake
Get your hands on a sublime Victorian goat’s curd and take it to new heights in Ellie and Sam Studd’s glorious cheesecake, with a native twist and drizzle of salted caramel.

Ingredients (10)

  • 250g Arnott’s Marie biscuits
  • 125g unsalted butter, melted, plus extra to grease
  • 500g cream cheese, at room temperature 200g
  • 200g Dreaming Goat Dairy chèvre (or goat’s curd)
  • 1 cup (175g) brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 10g ground roasted wattleseed

Salted caramel sauce

  • 1 cup (250ml) pure cream
  • 50g unsalted butter, chopped
  • 1 cup (175g) brown sugar

Don't forget you can add these ingredients to your Woolworths shopping list.

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Method

  • 1.
    Brush a 20cm round springform pan with melted butter to lightly grease, and line base with baking paper.
  • 2.
    Whiz biscuits in a food processor until finely crushed. Add butter and whiz until combined. Transfer to prepared pan and press firmly over base and side. Chill for 30 minutes, to firm.
  • 3.
    Preheat oven to 160°C.
  • 4.
    Whiz cream cheese, chèvre and sugar in a food processor until smooth. Add eggs and wattleseed and whiz until well combined. Pour over biscuit base, and place pan on a baking tray. Bake for 1 hour 20 minutes or until just set with a gentle wobble in the centre. Turn off heat and cool completely in the oven with door ajar. Chill for 4 hours or overnight to set.
  • 5.
    For the salted caramel sauce, place cream, butter and sugar in a saucepan over low heat and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Increase heat to high. Bring to the boil and cook for 5-7 minutes until thickened. Remove from the heat and stir in 1 tsp salt flakes. Set aside to cool completely.
  • 6.
    Transfer cake to a serving plate. Serve with salted caramel sauce.
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Recipe Notes

Begin this recipe at least 6 hours ahead.

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