Amaretto cheesecake with meringue
Recipe for an heavenly mascarpone cheesecake with meringue and almonds
I invite you to try a delicious almond amaretto cheesecake with added amaretto liqueur. This is an incredibly light and velvety cheesecake made with mascarpone cheese, served with a beautiful decorative meringue lightly torched with a blowtorch. Such a cheesecake with meringue is a great cake for all holidays and family celebrations. See my recipe and check out how to make a cheesecake with meringue.
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Amaretto cheesecake with meringue recipe
Wyposażenie
- Recipe for a baking pan with a diameter of 22 cm (or slightly larger).
Składniki
ingredients for amaretto cheesecake
- 500 g quark cheese (for good fatty cheesecakes – I used Piątnica)
- 500 g mascarpone cheese
- 4 large eggs (size L)
- 200 g sugar ((1 cup) )
- 3 tablespoons wheat flour – all-purpose
- 1/4 cup amaretto liqueur
ingredients for cheesecake meringue
- 2 egg whites (from size L eggs)
- 70 g sugar ((1/3 cup) )
- 1 level teaspoon potato starch
Instrukcja
How to make amaretto cheesecake
- Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius (top/bottom heat mode).
- In a large bowl, place both types of quark cheese, add sugar, eggs, flour, and amaretto – mix – just until combined.500 g quark cheese, 500 g mascarpone cheese, 4 large eggs , 200 g sugar, 3 tablespoons wheat flour – all-purpose, 1/4 cup amaretto liqueur
- Line a 22 cm diameter baking pan with parchment paper.
- Pour the batter into the pan.
- Bake the cheesecake for 1.5 hours. After this time, turn off the oven, but leave the cake inside until it cools down.
- Then chill the cheesecake in the refrigerator for several hours – or preferably overnight.
How to make meringue for cheesecake
- Place the egg whites in a bowl set over a pot of simmering water.2 egg whites
- Lightly whisk the egg whites, slowly add sugar and whisk on high speed until the sugar dissolves and the mixture becomes slightly warm.70 g sugar
- Remove the bowl from the pot and continue whisking until the egg whites are white and glossy.
- Finally, add potato starch and mix briefly.1 level teaspoon potato starch
- Spread the meringue on top of the cheesecake.
- You can lightly torch the meringue using a gas burner.
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Almond amaretto cheesecake – notes
Today I have for you a delicious, creamy amaretto cheesecake with meringue.
Prepared with two types of cheese – regular quark for cheesecakes (a good one from a bucket) and mascarpone cheese.
I also added a lot of amaretto liqueur to the quark mixture.
Don’t be afraid to use it, the alcohol will evaporate during baking and only its flavor will remain :D
How to make amaretto cheesecake – tips
Prepare good quality quark for cheesecakes – here, as usual, I recommend Piątnica from a bucket, or Mój Ulubiony quark, and mascarpone cheese. If you don’t have mascarpone right now and can’t buy it, use a kilogram of quark from a bucket.
I always mix all ingredients simultaneously – with whole eggs. I mix the cheesecake batter only until they combine into a uniform mass. I don’t want to aerate the cheesecake too much, because then it will rise more during baking and eventually sink.
Additionally, I bake the cheesecake at a lower temperature but for longer. This also causes the cheesecake to sink less after baking. If you haven’t baked a cheesecake this way yet, you absolutely must try it!
After baking, cool the cheesecake and chill it in the refrigerator – I like to leave it in the refrigerator overnight.
The meringue for the top is made just before serving the cheesecake.
It is not baked, so wash and scald the eggs well before using them.
How to prepare eggs for meringue?
It’s best to scald them with boiling water, then you’ll be sure they won’t cause harm. Put the eggs in a colander or sieve and pour hot water over them – water from a kettle.
After piping the meringue, I torched the top with a kitchen gas blowtorch. If you don’t have such a torch, preheat the oven strongly with only the top heating element and place the cheesecake in the oven. Position it high – as close to the top heating element as possible. Bake the cake for a moment until the tips of the meringue are lightly browned.
Then take out the cheesecake and serve :)
I hope this amaretto cheesecake with meringue will appeal to you and you’ll bake it often. Let me know in the comments how it tasted :)
I also recommend other cheesecake recipes, e.g., condensed milk cheesecake, poppy seed and peach cheesecake, or coffee mousse cheesecake.
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Amaretto Cheesecake Recipe
Prepare with me the perfect cheesecake with meringue and amaretto liqueur. This is a very simple and quick cheesecake made with amaretto liqueur and mascarpone cheese. The cheesecake is baked at a lower temperature so that it doesn't sink after baking. I also recommend baking it in top/bottom heat mode, not convection. Cheesecakes prefer a calmer baking environment, and in convection mode, the process is more violent. I also recommend only briefly mixing all the cheesecake ingredients; we don't whip egg whites, but add whole eggs directly to the cheesecake. A cheesecake prepared this way is flatter and rises less dramatically during baking. See for yourselves.
How to make cheesecake with meringue?
See my simple step-by-step cheesecake recipe and see how easy it is. The meringue for the cheesecake is added just before serving. It is not baked with the cheesecake. Thanks to this, it is very light and fluffy. It creates a sweet cloud on top of the cake. Remember to prepare the eggs well before making the meringue to avoid any potential health problems. Briefly scalding the eggs with boiling water will help get rid of any potential bacteria from the shells. Be sure to try this amaretto cheesecake recipe and also check out my other cheesecake recipes. A good number of them have already accumulated, and everyone will surely find something for themselves here, whether they prefer no-bake cheesecakes or baked cheesecakes.
