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No Bake Cheesecake With Walnut Cookie-Brown Butter Crust

No Bake Cheesecake With Walnut Cookie-Brown Butter Crust
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 20 minutes
Course: Dessert
Servings: 16
Author: Lyubomira from CookingLSL

Ingredients

Crust:

  • 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups walnut halves
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter , softened, plus 9 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg

For The Filling:

  • 2 1/2 pounds cream cheese
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • seeds from 1 vanilla bean
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 cup heavy cream

blueberry compote for garnishing

  • 1 pound blueberries
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • zest from ½ lemon

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375F. Spray a baking sheet and an 8-inch round springform pan with nonstick cooking spray and set a side.
  • For the crust: In a bowl, stir together flour, walnuts, and salt and set aside. Using a stand mixer with paddle attachment, cream 1/4 cup of softened butter and brown sugar. Add the egg and mix well. Make sure you scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl. Add flour mixture to the bowl and mix until incorporated.
  • Spread the dough onto the prepared baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and crumble with fork. Return to the oven and bake for 15 more minutes, stirring and breaking any lumps every 5 minutes. The crumbs should be toasty brown color, not burned. Let them cool then pulse in a food processor, until they are the size of a pea.
  • In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the remaining 9 1/2 tbsp of butter and continue cooking until the butter turns brown and smells caramelized, not burned. Remove from the heat.
  • Place crumbs in a bowl and add butter to make them hold together. Press mixture so it sticks to the bottom of the prepared springform pan. Chill for at least 40 minutes, before serving.
  • To make the filling: using a stand mixer, fitted with paddle attachment, cream the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, vanilla bean seeds and lemon zest until smooth. Slowly add the cream and mix just until smooth.
  • Spread the filling over the prepared crust, using a small offset spatula, make sure th top is even and there are no bubbles.
  • Chill for 4 hours or overnight. Serve with blueberry compote. This cake is very soft!

For the blueberry compote:

  • In a medium saucepan over low heat, combine all ingredients and cook until the compote thickens and coats the back of a spoon, 20-30 minutes. Let it cool, then transfer to a jar. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Notes

Recipe from the book: The Slanted Door by Charles Phan

Nutrition

Calories: 565kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 40g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Cholesterol: 116mg | Sodium: 242mg | Potassium: 211mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 1290IU | Vitamin C: 3.2mg | Calcium: 107mg | Iron: 1.3mg