Quark Cheesecake Squares with Lemon Curd
Recipe from What's For Lunch, Honey?
Ingredients
150 - 200g digestive biscuits
500g fresh quark, substitute with cream
cheese
1 cup lemon curd recipe
60g unsalted butter, melted
150g
granulated sugar
2 eggs
Zest and juice from 2 organic lemons
Method
- Butter a 20x20 cm square spring form baking pan then line with baking paper.
Heat the oven to 165 degrees C.
- Place the digestive biscuits in a food processor and process until finely
ground. Pour the melted butter and continue to pulse until the mixture resembles
damp sand. Transfer the mixture into the prepared pan and using a flat bottomed
metal bowl, firmly press into the baking pan until even. Set aside.
- In the cleaned bowl of the food processor combine quark, sugar. lemon juice
and zest and pulse until smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl and pulse for a
further few seconds.
- Add the eggs and process until the mixture is very smooth and creamy, about
20-30 seconds. Scrape the sides and pulse a few more times.
- Pour the quark mixture into the pan. Bake for about 40-45 minutes until the
center is dry to touch and the sides are puffed.
- As soon as the quark cheesecake comes out of the oven pour the prepared
lemon curd over the quark. Smooth out the lemon curd evenly with an offset
spatula.
- Allow to cool to room temperature, then refrigerate overnight.
- To serve cut the quark cheesecake with a sharp serrated knife into squares.
Food Guide Tips:
- Make your own homemade quark
- See how good lemons are for you
- Make your own lemon curd