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Alivenci — cornmeal cheesecake

Alivenci — cornmeal cheesecake

  • Dessert
  • Romanian

A soft fresh cheese and fine cornmeal cake flavoured with vanilla.

Active time15 min

Cooking30 min

Total3 hResting : 2 h

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Ingredients

  • 100 g unsalted butter
  • 2 tbsp farmer cheese
  • 4 eggs
  • 130 ml plain yogurt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 5 tbsp self-raising wheat flour
  • 4 tbsp fine non-instant cornmeal
  • 150 g sugar
  • 500 g gvina levana with 9% fat

Preparation

  1. Gently melt the butter in a saucepan and let it cool slightly. Beat the eggs in a bowl. Add the cheeses, melted butter, yogurt, sugar, flour, cornmeal and vanilla. Whisk for 2 min until evenly combined.

    100 g unsalted butter
    2 tbsp farmer cheese
    4 eggs
    130 ml plain yogurt
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    5 tbsp self-raising wheat flour
    4 tbsp fine non-instant cornmeal
    150 g sugar
    500 g gvina levana with 9% fat
    • saucepan
    • mixing bowl
    • whisk
  2. Cover the bowl and refrigerate the batter for 120 min.

    • mixing bowl
  3. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Line a rectangular dish suited to the amount of batter with baking paper, 23 × 33 cm at reference portions. Pour in the batter and bake for about 30 min until set and deeply golden without browning. Serve warm.

    • oven
    • baking dish
    • baking paper
    • oven gloves

Allergens

  • Eggs
  • Gluten
  • Milk

Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Fish, Lupin, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.

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Alivenci — cornmeal cheesecake