Drinks, desserts & cakes

Germany

Cheesecake

makes 12 portions

Total cooking time: approx. 21-27 minutes

Utensils: Spring form pan (approx. 26 cm diameter) Ingredients

300 g

flour

1 tbsp

cocoa

3 tsp

baking powder (9 g)

150 g

sugar

1

egg

150 g

butter or margarine

1 tsp

butter or margarine to grease the form

100 g

butter or margarine to grease the pan

100 g

sugar

1 pack

vanilla sugar (10 g)

3

eggs

400 g

fromage frais, 20 % fat content

1 pack

powdered vanilla pudding mix (40 g)

1.Mix the flour and cocoa with the baking flour. Add the sugar, egg and butter and use the kneading hook on the hand-held blender to knead.

2.Grease the pan, roll out 2/3 of the dough and place it in the pan. Lift the edges 2 cm to form a rim. Pre-bake the pastry.

6-8 min. 630 W

3.Whisk the butter until light and fluffy, add the sugar and eggs one at a time. Finally add the fromage frais and the powdered vanilla pudding mix.

4.Spread the filling over the pre-baked dough and add the remaining crumbling dough on the cake and bake.

15-19 min. 630 W

Denmark

Fruit jelly with vanilla sauce

Total cooking time: approx. 8-12 minutes

Utensils: Dish with lid (2 l capacity) Ingredients

150 g

redcurrants, washed and stalks removed

150 g

strawberries, washed and haulms removed

150 g

raspberries, washed and haulms removed

250 ml

white wine

100 g

sugar

50 ml

lemon juice

8gelatin leaves

300ml milk

 

inside of 1/2 vanilla pod

30 g

sugar

15 g

food thickener

1.Put some of the fruit to one side for decoration. Purée the rest of the fruit with the white wine, put it into a dish, cover and heat.

5-7 min. 900 W

Fold in the sugar and the lemon juice.

2.Soak the gelatin in cold water for approx. 10 minutes, then take it out and squeeze dry. Stir the gelatin in with the hot purée until it has dissolved. Place the jelly in the refrigerator and leave to set.

3.To make the vanilla sauce, put the milk into a dish. Slit the vanilla pod and remove the inside. Stir this in with the milk, together with the sugar and the food thickener, cover and cook, stirring during cooking and again at the end.

3-5 min. 900 W

4.Turn out the jelly onto a plate and decorate with the whole fruit. Add the vanilla sauce.

Tip: You can also use defrosted frozen fruits.

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Electrolux MC2660E manual Cheesecake, Fruit jelly with vanilla sauce, Denmark, Fold in the sugar and the lemon juice

MC2660E specifications

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