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Swedish cheesecake (ostkaka)

Recipe: Ostkaka - Swedish cheesecake

Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 1 hr
Total Time 1 hr 15 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Swedish
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 50 g almonds
  • 50 g sugar 50 ml
  • 3 eggs
  • 30 g flour 50 ml
  • 1 tsp vanilla sugar
  • 500 g cottage cheese
  • 300 ml cream
  • 1 tsp lemon zest

Instructions
 

  • Heat the oven to 175°C (350°F)
  • Grease a baking dish (that can fit around 1½ liters)
  • Remove the skin from the almonds by boiling them for 1 minute, rinse them under cold water and then use your fingers to gently squeeze out the almonds from the skins.
  • Finely chop the almonds
  • Whip the eggs and sugar until it gets fluffy
  • Add the remaining ingredients and stir it together
  • Pour the cheesecake mix into the baking dish and bake for 1 hour
  • Let the cake cool to almost luke warm before serving with your choice of jam and whipped cream
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