PSYCHODELIC KITCHEN - KEFIR CHEESECAKE (EPISODE 1)
Psychodelic Kitchen is an experimental cooking show created by Piero Passcantando, Arturo Passacantando and Carla Ciffoni. Whisking together elements of the classic cooking show format, retro futuristic internet aesthetics, performance art, psychedelia and more, Psychodelic Kitchen is a groovy yet instructive voyage in the depths of Piero’s delirious tasty cuisine.
KEFIR CHEESECAKE RECIPE
Ingredients:
FOR THE CRUST
Gentilini cookies 250g
Butter 100g
*Pinch of cardamom
FOR THE FILLING
Sugar (70gr)
2 eggs
Cream cheese 300g
Strained Kefir or Greek yogurt 300gr
Pinch of salt
Lemon zest
Process:
Crust
Preheat oven at 180C. Melt the butter. Crush the cookies. Pour the butter in the crushed cookies. Add cardamom. Mix until the consistency of humid sand coming together. Press the mix in a pre buttered cake pan as evenly as possible, about 5mm thick. Line the crust with aluminum foil, poke a few holes with a fork in both the foil and crust, bake for about 10min until lightly golden. Let it cool.
Filling
In a bowl mix kefir, cream cheese, sugar, pinch of salt and lemon zest. In a separate bowl lightly beat eggs. Pour egg mix in the bowl with kefir/cream cheese mix and fold until fully amalgamated.
Pour mixture in the baking pan with pre baked crust. Bake at 180c until the filling is firm on the sides and slightly giggly in the center.
Let cheesecake cool and then refrigerate for a few hours or better overnight.
Serve topped with your fantasy. 🌈🦄