Cheesecake?

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Hi all

Still fairly new, so I apologise if this is in the wrong place.

Recently, I decided to bake a cheesecake so sent my teenage brother out for cream cheese....BIG mistake. He came back with 4 little tubs of Philadelphia tha cost around £7. :eek: Since then, they've been sitting in the fridge and I'm not even sure if I can use them in a cheesecake recipe!

Is there anything I can do with them? I would be quite happy if there was a cheesecake recipe suitable for beginners available! If not...any ideas would be appreciated.

jackieglasgow

Philadelphia is the right cheese, but next time buy the own brand one, its just the same really, and usually about half the price.

quintwins

yeah i'd use own brand aswell, altho last time i went to buy own brand philly was on offer so it's def worth looking, you can also make cheesecake with half natural yogurt and half philly but i've never tried it

zippychick

What to do with cream cheese has some other ideas

We also have a cheesecake thread with loads of recipes

There are two kinds of cheesecake - baked (new york style) or fridge set ones . What kind were you thinking? LIke strawberry, vanilla, berries? I guess the fridge set one is easier as less faff

maggiecon

Try this recipe

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2869/new-york-cheesecake

Gets great reviews and uses up three tubs

pogie2

Really easy cheesecake i do is crush enough biscuits to cover your base and melt some butter mix together and push into tin. Pop in fridge to cool. Then whisk about 300mls double cream until stiff, mix in a normal sized tub of philly add a few drops of vanilla extract and icing sugar until you think it tastes sweet enough i find 2 or 3 tablespoons. Put this ontop of your base and put back in the fridge to set. You can top with fruit when set if you like.

It's really delicious but not great for the waist line

Vaila

Make individual cheesecakes,just put them in ramekins or little glasses
basically just beat the cheese with lemon juice or vanilla and make a bix with crushed digestives and melted butter


Or use the cheese in pasta or bagels

robbiedoggy

I add cream cheese to Brocolli or Watercress soup.
I add cream cheese to risotto makes it lovely and creamy.
I put cream cheese on sandwiches with variety of salad.
I add cream cheese to pasta.
I use cream cheese for cheesecake and mixed with icing sugar as topping for carrot cake
I add cream cheese to ....................... almost anything!
My name is Robbiedoggy and I am addicted to cream cheese

Claire_Bear

As a twist on bagels, make ClaireBear's sloppy bagels Fry off some bacon pieces/onions/mushrooms/whatever you fancy and when they're cooked put in a few big spoons of cream cheese and a little bit of water or lemon juice. Cook until it makes a thick creamy sauce on pour over toasted bagel halves. Enjoy the sloppy goodness!

I made some lovely cheesecake desserts before too, made up the biscuit base by crushing some digestives and mixing with melted butter, then whip some cream cheese with a little bit of cream and icing sugar to taste. I made a fruity sauce out of blueberries by slowly simmering them with sugar and a little water, you could do this with most berries. It was at this point that I realised I didn't have any sort of cake tin so just took some highball glasses and layered all the elements up which I thought looked even nicer than a real cheesecake

Also there's a recipes section on the Philadelphia cheese website so you should be able to find some inspiration there too

[Deleted User]

Cream cheese is very nice as a topping for baked potatoes. You can also add it to dishes to make things more creamier, e.g. past. Also, if you add some icing sugar and orange juice it makes a great topping for carrot cake.

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Thank you all very much for your replies!:D
I'd kind of lost my way around trying to find this thread, lol.
Some great ideas, I think I'll make an unbaked cheesecake and use the leftover cream cheese to ice a carrot cake that I shall (hopefully) bake this week.

Once again, thank you :T