Simple cheesecake
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1. Crumble biscuits
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For the cake base, first roughly chop 300 grams of shortbread biscuits and finely crumble them using a mixer or food processor.
2. Prepare the cake base
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Now melt 130 grams of butter and combine with a pinch of salt and 100 grams of sugar with the biscuit crumbs and knead into a uniform dough.
3. Press down
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Line the base and the frame of a cake ring with baking paper, spread the dough in it and press it down evenly using a drinking glass. Then cover the pan and put in the fridge.
4. Dissolve the gelatine
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In the meantime, soak 6 sheets of gelatine in water according to the instructions on the packet, then warm up slightly and dissolve the gelatine sheets in it.
5. Prepare the quark cream
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Now put 600 grams of quark in a bowl, add 200 ml of milk, 1 packet of vanilla sugar and 200 grams of sugar and stir to a smooth mass.
6. Add gelatin
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Now stir in the slightly cooled gelatine.
7. Spread the mixture on the dough base
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Take the firm biscuit base out of the refrigerator, spread the quark cream evenly over it and put the cake in the cold again for at least 4 hours and let it set.
7. Decorate the cheesecake
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Then carefully remove the cake from the cake ring, remove the ring and serve the cake decorated with fresh strawberries.
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