Classic Cheesecake

The classic cheesecake recipe can be used as a base for preparing varieties of this delicacy.

Ingredients

• For the cake:
• Butter (melted) – 5 tbsp
• Crackers – 200 g
• Sugar – 1/4 cup
• Salt – 1/4 teaspoon.
  For filling:
• Cream cheese (room temperature) – 1 kg
• Lemon zest – 1 teaspoon
• Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
• Salt – 1/2 teaspoon.
• Large eggs – 4 pcs.
• Sour cream – 1 glass
• Sugar – 1 glass or to taste

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Grease the springform cake tin. Use a blender to grind the cookies well. Add melted butter, sugar and salt and stir. Put the resulting mass into a mold, pressing down with your fingers, distribute evenly over the bottom and edges. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Reduce the fire to 150 degrees.
2. Boil water in a kettle. Prepare the filling. Beat the cream cheese with a mixer on medium speed. Gradually add sugar, lemon zest and juice, salt. Then beat in eggs one at a time and add sour cream.
3. Wrap the form with the cake in foil. Pour the filling. Put in a baking sheet with high sides, pour boiling water into the baking sheet so that the water reaches 1/2 the height of the filled form. Bake for about 1 hour 45 minutes until tender. Remove the mold from the water, cool at room temperature for 20 minutes. Draw the edge of a knife along the walls, carefully detach the sides of the form. Leave at room temperature until completely cooled. Leave in the refrigerator overnight.