Vanilla cheesecake with poached rhubarb

Recipes / Vegetarian

This gorgeous Vanilla cheesecake with poached rhubarb takes the cake!

Recipe «Vanilla cheesecake with poached rhubarb» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 50 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 120g wheatmeal biscuits, 50g unsalted butter, melted, 400g cream cheese, 2 eggs, 135g caster sugar , 1 vanilla bean, split, 300ml sour cream, 150ml thick Greek yoghurt , 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1 bunch rhubarb, washed, 1 cup tightly packed soft brown sugar, 1 orange, zested, juiced.

Ingredients:

  • 120g wheatmeal biscuits 
  • 50g unsalted butter, melted 
  • 400g cream cheese 
  • 2 eggs 
  • 135g caster sugar 
  • 1 vanilla bean, split 
  • 300ml sour cream 
  • 150ml thick Greek yoghurt 
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract 
  • 1 bunch rhubarb, washed 
  • 1 cup tightly packed soft brown sugar 
  • 1 orange, zested, juiced 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 190°C. Line the base of a 22cm round spring-form pan.
  2. Place the biscuits in a food processor and process until it resembles crumbs. Combine with butter and press into base of cake pan. Refrigerate for 15 minutes. Wash out the processor and dry well.
  3. Place cream cheese, eggs, 95g caster sugar and the seeds from the vanilla bean in the food processor, and process until completely smooth. Pour over biscuit base, then bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside for 15 minutes to cool.
  4. Meanwhile, beat together the sour cream, yoghurt, vanilla extract and remaining sugar until smooth. Pour over the cream cheese base and bake for a further 10 minutes (it will still have a slight wobble).
  5. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool, then refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
  6. Preheat oven to 170°C.
  7. To make the poached rhubarb, cut the rhubarb into 4cm pieces, then place in a baking dish with the sugar, orange zest and juice. Cover and bake in the oven for 20 minutes until soft. Set aside to cool before serving over a slice of the vanilla cheesecake.