Here is another good example how versatile ingredient sake kasu is. If you haven’t seen my previous post, I reccomend you reading it, there I wrote about sake kasu in detailes and also baking a Japanese soft bread with it.
After my last post I received some questions about the availability of the sake lees. To be honest it’s not easy unless you, like me, make your own sake. I could also recommend contacting sake breweries, they might be selling or giving away some. Another option can be if you have a friend in Japan asking she or he to send you some dried one. If no luck getting the lees just make a delicious baked cheesecake leaving out the lees from it…
To create this recipe the inspiration came from the Basque burnt cheesecake ( you can find lots of recipes online ) and I substitute 50% of the cream cheese for sake kasu. I have tried with higher and lower proportions too, but I find this ratio the best for my taste. Most if the recipes using lots of eggs in it, but I’m not a fan of the too “eggy” deserts, so I reduced the quantity. I also reduced the the amount of sugar as the lees has leftover sugar from the fermentation so it’s gives an extra sweetness to the tart.
I recommend chilling the cake for the night in the fridge and only cut it on the next day. The resting helps rounding the flavours. The slightly burned surface and a gentle but dominant flavour of the sake lees will melt together in a unique taste. It’s a wonderful partner with a macha tea or a perfect dessert with a Japanese style dinner.
To make this recipe you will need a 20cm round cake mould and parchment paper to line the tin. It’s important to use food safe eggs as we bake it until the core temperature only 65C. After baking the texture not going to be hard, it still have to be jiggly when you shake the tin. After chilling the texture going to be still moist and not dry at all.
After it has cooled down put it in the fridge for a night to let the flavours settle.
Enjoy!
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Enjoy!
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