cheesecake

[robinj22]

I need a simple cheesecake recipe. I live in Japan so I can't get ALL ingredients. Thanks! Robin

[Chris in NM]

Hello and welcome, Robinj22!!!!

Can you get cream cheese or mascarpone cheese there? The cream cheese box has an easy and great cheesecake recipe in in! It doesn't call for many ingredients either. There is no baking. This is the one I use when I make a cheesecake. It usually goes into a graham cracker crust-type, so that should be pretty easy to get around. If you would tell us if you can get some ingredients we can help you better.

There are several cheesecake recipes in the cream cheese section - just a little further down on the Board. Some require baking, some not.

Good luck!!!!

Chris in NM

[robinj22]

Thanks. I can get cream cheese but can't always find sour cream and every recipe I look at says sour cream. Is there something I can use besides sour cream?

[Chris in NM]

Hi Robin again! Good morning!

You can make sour cream with milk and vinegar or lemon juice! I do that to make buttermilk also when a recipe calls for some and I don't want to run to the store. However, the recipe in the cream cheese container doesn't call for sour cream. I will go to the site and post it for you here shortly, under the cream cheese section!

[Chris in NM]

Oops! Sorry forgot! Did you look at the Cheesecake section? I posted - while you were still on the Board this morning - of the classic recipe. No sour cream.

By the way, for the sour cream.....when you make it, use 1 to 1 1/2 Tbl. white vinegar or lemon juice to one cup of milk. Place the vinegar or lemon juice in the bottom of the measuring cup and then pur in milk to reach 1 cup. To get 1 full cup of sour cream, do this in a larger container with 1 to 1 1/2 Tbl. vinegar or lemon juice per milk to make one cup, for each cup. Hope I haven't confused you??!!!!!!!!!!!! Pour the liquid out after it has set for 5 minutes. The remainder is sour cream.

Chris in NM

[robinj22]

I'm sorry I can't find it. Since I'm new I don't know exactly what to do. Thank you for replying though! In Japan it is the opposite time. Right now it is 10:00 a.m. Thursday to your 7:00 p.m. Wednesday. Thanks.

[cliff]

Here's a simple no bake cheese cake. I use it all the time and its good.

CHERRY CHERRY CHEESE CAKE

1 can sweetened condensed milk
8oz soften cream cheese]
1tsp vannilla
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 can cherry pie topping or whatever you like
graham cracker crust

Whit mixer whip cream cheese. Add sweetened condensed milk and whip until combined. Add vanilla and lemon and STIR until thickens. Pour into pie shell and chill. Top with pie topping.

[robinj22]

Thank you very much for the simple recipe. I appreciated it! Konnicha from Japan.

[Chris in NM]

Hi Robin,

Below is the same recipe I posted in the cheesecake section. Hope this one helps! This is the one I usually make and it is inside the cheese wrapper. Chris in NM

Classic Italian Cheesecake

from www.kraftfoods.com

Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 1 hr 35 min
Makes: 16 servings


1 cup HONEY MAID Graham Cracker Crumbs
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
2 Tbsp. sugar
4 cups POLLY-O Original Ricotta Cheese
1-1/4 cups sugar
1/4 cup flour
5 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. grated lemon peel
1/2 cup whipping cream


MIX crumbs, butter and 2 Tbsp. sugar. Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.

BLEND ricotta cheese, 1-1/4 cups sugar and flour with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, vanilla, peel and cream; mix well. Pour over crust.

BAKE at 350°F for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until center is almost set. Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.


KRAFT KITCHENS TIPS

Make-Ahead: Cheesecake can be prepared the day ahead. Cover; refrigerate until ready to serve.

[robinj22]

Thank you for the recipe. I can't get ricotta cheese. I don't even know what that is! Want any recipes from Japan? I have a good chicken ramen salad one Americans seem to like.

[Chris in NM]

Hi again! Ricotta cheese is the same as cottage cheese - or curdled milk. Here we go with that curdled milk stuff again!!! hehehe

Yes, I would love some recipes from Japan!!!! My husband and I love oriental/Asian food!!!!!!! I am sure all our readers would love to see them also!!!!!

Thank you!!!

Chris

[Chris in NM]

Hi Robin,

Look at the top of the main page of the message board. You will see if you have any private messages. I will send you a private message and try to explain how to post in the different catagories. Give me a minute or so.

There is a Japanese section on the Board! Just use that one.

Chris in NM