Ceci Cela

Today is a beautiful day, almost*.







Today I worked. Yes I did, I really did. It was for the Teknoshobet show again. You should watch it this week because they talk about me (in Turkish).









Then back home where we cleaned the house because we had guests. Not that the house was dirty but well you know... Yes you do !

*Ekin burned 3 of her fingers by putting them in the oven while it was really HOT, so I rushed to the pharmacy shop and got her some 'Silverdin'. I wished we had bought some 'Biafine' while we were in France, it is the best thing against burns. Anyway, I had to prepare dinner then ;) (Kidding, just kidding. I am really).

Then our guests arrived (no pictures, sorry) and we ate 'Confit de Canard' which we brought back from France with some home made baked grilled potatoes and a nice Salad. Serap made us a very good Cheesecake (New York Style) and I gave her a 9.5/10, well because you can't have 10/10 except for the Cheesecake I did; I gave mine a 10/10 because each bites were like little drops of heaven (cf. Friends season 7 episode 9).
Ayse was here tonight and she loved our cat Oreo. On the picture she looks a bit like Elmyra Duff, the cartoon character who loves animals so much she causes them some injuries.












And Good night.

Cheesecake

Today I made my first cheesecake. The New-York Cheesecake.

Here is how I did :

I mixed up 150 grams (5.30 ounces) of Flour, 60 grams (2.10 ounces) of sugar, some lemon zest and 5 grams (0.20 ounce) of vanilla powder. Add 120 grams (4.20 ounces) of melted butter and 1 egg yolk. Let the butter cool down if you melted it bain-marie, otherwise you will cook the egg.

Handle until you get a homogeneous dough. Make a ball with it, wrap it with stretch film and leave it half an hour in the fridge.
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Preheat your oven at 210 °C (410°F).
Butter up your mold, spread the dough evenly up to the upper side. Cook it for 10-15 minutes. Have a look often, mine almost started to burn by the 10th minute. Then take it out and let it out to cool down.
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In a big bowl, mix up 650 grams (1.4 pounds) of Labne Cheese if you are in Turkey, Saint-Moret or fromage blanc if you're in France, or any softened cheese cream you can find. Add some lemon zest, 200 grams (0.45 pounds) of sugar, 1 table spoon of flower, 5 grams (0.20 ounce) of vanilla powder, mix it all.


In a separate little bowl, mix up 3 eggs + 1 egg yolk, then add it to your previous ingredients. mix.

Have your oven preheated at 270°C (518°F). Pour your new mix in the mold on the cooled dough.
Put it in the oven.
After 5 minutes lower your oven's temperature to 90°C (194°F) and let it cook for an hour (maybe a bit more, depending on your oven.

Let it cool for 3 hours. Serve cold.

Bon appétit.