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Vanilla Bean Cheesecake

The classic, done properly — real vanilla bean, silky crumb, zero shortcuts ✨

Ingredients

  • 200g digestive biscuits, crushed
  • 100g butter, melted
  • 500g cream cheese, room temp
  • 150g sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 200ml sour cream
  • Seeds of 2 vanilla beans (or 2 tsp vanilla bean paste)
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 150ml heavy cream, whipped (for rosettes)

How to make it

  1. Mix crushed biscuits with melted butter, press into a 20cm springform pan and bake 10 min at 180°C.
  2. Beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs, sour cream, vanilla bean seeds and cornstarch until smooth.
  3. Pour over the crust and bake 50 min at 160°C until just set. Cool, then chill 4 hours.
  4. Pipe whipped cream rosettes around the edge, slice and serve.
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