Orange Cheesecake

Ingredients

• 100 g spelt flour (Type 630)
• 150 g spelt whole‑grain flour
• 125 g cold butter
• 130 g raw cane sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 5 eggs
• 1 small organic orange
• 750 g layer cheese (10% fat)
• 250 g low‑fat quark
• 70 g starch

Instructions

1. 1.

   Knead both flours, butter, 3 tbsp sugar, salt and one egg into a smooth shortcrust dough. Wrap in cling film and chill for about 30 minutes.

2. 2.

   Roll the dough between two sheets of parchment paper and line the greased pan with it.

3. 3.

   For the filling, rinse the orange hot, pat dry and grate its zest finely. Squeeze out the juice. Mix layer cheese with quark, remaining sugar, starch, eggs, orange zest and juice.

4. 4.

   Pour the quark mixture into the pan. Bake the orange cheesecake in a preheated oven at 180 °C (fan 160 °C; gas: level 2–3) for 50 minutes. Let it cool and release from the springform.

5. 5.