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Easy Apple Cheesecake

September 10, 2009

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When I say easy apple cheesecake or apple pie, I mean every word of it.

The easy apple cheesecake doesn’t ask for much- just 6 ingredients, all of which I guarantee you’ll find at home. It uses paneer (smirk if you like) and none of the fancy schmancy cheeses that are forever out of stock in the supermarkets!

This is one ‘cheesecake’ you must try when apples are in season. It is minimalistic and very simply highlights the apple flavour without much ado. You can put this together if you have 15 minutes, 3 apples and a litre of milk on hand. I’m not kidding you. I find this taste far far superlative to the regular apple pie which is not only more labour intensive but also flour calorie intensive.

Apples in bakes come a close second for me after bananas. I have some three regular apple cake recipes that I like to use when I find some apples languishing in the refrigerator and I’m in a good mood to rescue them from dying a slow death. However let me not talk of morose things like death, when there’s such an interesting recipe to share.

One of my best friends is a Marwari and once again I must say the Marwari ladies are a very creative lot – often indulging in very innovative pursuits, not excluding cooking. This recipe was passed on to my friend by her relative – an Indian version of an apple cheesecake or you can call it an apple pie. If you serve this up at your next party, I can guarantee that your guests may forget you but will never forget the taste of this absolutely yummy piece of cheesecake. I’ve made this just once which was quite a few months ago – but I can’t wait to make it again.

Equipment:

6-8 inch pie plate

Easy Apple Cheesecake

This apple cheesecake / pie uses just 6 ingredients and 15 minutes of your time. Try it once and it will be your go-to bake when apples are in season.
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 8 serving

Ingredients
  

  • 200 grams Marie biscuits Digestive or McVites
  • 1 tbsp butter ghee melted or
  • 3 apples - peeled , cored , sliced ( I used Shimla )
  • 1 litre milk paneer regular cow ' s to make
  • 2 tbsps sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon powder

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven at 200xb0 C.
  • Crush the biscuits coarsely in food processor along with melted butter or ghee. Line this on the bottom and sides of a pie dish, pressing firmly with your fingers or the bottom of a cup / glass.
  • Place this in preheated oven and bake for 10 minutes at 200C. Remove and let cool till the filling is ready.
  • Heat one litre cow's milk till it comes to a boil - turn flame to sim. Add up to one tbsp vinegar or 1/2 cup curds to curdle the milk. Stir around until the separated water (whey) is clear and light green. Filter out the solids, pressing out as much liquid as you can. The filtered soild is the paneer to be used in the recipe. (this can be prepared in advance)
  • Next, puree the sliced apples and when its almost done, add the paneer, cinnamon and sugar to get a smooth puree of apple and paneer. Add sugar depending on sweetness of apples.
  • Turn this puree into the baked crust, smoothen out and bake for 45 minutes or so at 180xb0 C - until top is golden and the cake is nearly firm.
  • Cool in the refrigerator for a few hours and serve as it is or with some vanilla ice cream.

Notes

Do try out this easy version of apple pie / cheesecake, and let me know how you liked it in the comments below 🙂
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by Nandita Iyer 
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Comments

  1. Preeti Kashyap says: September 10, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    Great Click! I am drooling!

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  2. Finla says: September 10, 2009 at 1:56 pm

    WOw That is indeed a wonderfully delicious apple cheesecake.

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  3. Jayashree says: September 10, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    Nice pic….esp the first one.

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  4. Lakshmi Venkatesh says: September 10, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    Looks superb. Very yummy.

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  5. arundati says: September 11, 2009 at 3:56 am

    looks sexy…. if you know what i mean… minimal effort and maximum mileage!! must try…

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  6. Pauline says: September 11, 2009 at 4:46 am

    Oh man! That looks like a pumpkin pie! The perks to this pie/cake are better than any cheesecake or pie. Wow, less labor required and less calories consumed! This is a real keeper.

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  7. Nagalakshmi V says: September 11, 2009 at 5:32 am

    that’s a very very interesting dessert!

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  8. bezajel says: September 11, 2009 at 5:40 am

    This looks delicious and so simple! I might try that with a gluten-free crust of some sort and see what happens!

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  9. Mansi says: September 11, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    This sounds too good…yeah and so much less labour and calorie intensive as you said.

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  11. nag says: September 14, 2009 at 5:44 am

    Wonderful.. Work From Home

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  12. Anonymous says: September 14, 2009 at 8:37 am

    Thanks u so much..can’t wait to try 🙂

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  13. s says: September 15, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    my fav..i tried this one out, and posted it on my blog…fantastic

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  14. Ann says: September 15, 2009 at 6:02 pm

    Great pic – interesting, I would have never thought of paneer in a dessert! =)

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  15. Cynthia says: September 16, 2009 at 2:32 am

    I really like this take on the apple pie.

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  16. Miri says: September 16, 2009 at 6:03 am

    Very very innovative!

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  17. Shri says: September 16, 2009 at 1:37 pm

    Looks delish,Nandita!

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  18. Anonymous says: September 17, 2009 at 8:13 pm

    Wow, have GOT to try this. Such a nice desi twist on apple pie and yeah does seem super simple. And its egg-free too – a bonus for me.

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  19. Kamini says: September 18, 2009 at 12:53 pm

    Oh, this is a must-try! I like that it requires so little sugar – I guess the sweetness of the apple is sufficient, right?

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  20. Gardenia says: September 18, 2009 at 6:24 pm

    Nandita, God bless you for sharing this amazing recipe! Waiting to try it out! I love what you say about Marwari women – so true! God bless the one who invented this recipe!

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  21. nandita says: September 19, 2009 at 4:26 pm

    Thank you all for your encouraging words – like Gardenia says, all credit goes to the one whose brainwave this recipe was! Something this simple and so yummy, is too good to be true.

    Reply
  22. Anushruti says: September 23, 2009 at 10:43 am

    This looks awesome….want to give it a try!

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  23. The ABCDs of Cooking says: October 27, 2009 at 3:19 pm

    I am loving your site. This recipe especially because it is such a different take on an American classic. Those biscuits bring back such memories of dunking them in tea with my grandmother. Looks delicious./chitra/

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