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    Home » Italian Desserts

    Ricotta and cherry cheesecake

    Published: May 19, 2015, Last updated: Jul 8, 2019 by Emily This post may contain affiliate links.

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    This cheesecake is perfect on a summer evening with a large scoop of good quality vanilla ice cream on the side. It's delicious and light, not to mention very easy to make. You can add different types of berries if you can't get cherries and it will be just as delicious. It's also great for entertaining as it can be made well in advance.

    Ingredients

    200g good quality ricotta
    200g sour cream
    200g fresh cherries, deseeded & roughly chopped plus extra to garnish
    175g caster sugar
    3 large eggs
    Zest of 1 lemon
    1 vanilla pod
    150g digestive biscuits
    70g butter
    1 tbsp, icing sugar

    Method

    Preheat the oven to 180 degreesC. Place all the digestives into a sandwich/freezer bag and bash with a rolling pin until you have fine crumbs. In a pan, melt the butter and add the biscuits ( if too dry add more butter ) then press into a 9 inch cake tin to form the base. In a food processor mix together all the ingredients apart from the cherries until smooth. Pour the mixture into the cake tin and then add the cherries. Place in the oven and bake for 40-50 minutes until golden and very slightly wobbly. Place tin foil over the cheesecake and leave to cool. Remove from tin, place on a serving plate and garnish with cherries and a sprinkle of icing sugar. Enjoy!

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    Comments

    1. Alyssa's Breakfast Cafe

      May 19, 2015 at 8:37 pm

      This looks SO SO good ❤️❤️?

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    2. motherhendiaries

      May 19, 2015 at 7:42 pm

      Yummo!!! I must try it...

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    3. The Editor

      May 19, 2015 at 7:57 pm

      Reblogged this!

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    4. Jhuls

      May 19, 2015 at 5:35 pm

      This looks really delish!!!

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    5. lucyabakes

      May 19, 2015 at 2:47 pm

      I love the constrasting colours in your picture! It looks fantastic!

      Reply
    6. Alison Krywucki

      May 19, 2015 at 2:31 pm

      What a gorgeous picture. I can taste it!

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      • insidetherustickitchen

        May 19, 2015 at 2:46 pm

        Thank you so much, glad you like it ?

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