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Basque Cheesecake

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Basque cheesecake is a crustless cheesecake created in 1988 by Santiago Rivera, owner of the restaurant La Vina in San Sebastian in Spain's Basque Country, and is also known as cheesecake San Sebastian or burnt Basque cheesecake. It is made from cream cheese, sugar, eggs, cream, and flour, and is distinguished by a caramelized, deliberately burnt-looking surface over a creamy, custard-like interior achieved by baking at high temperature. The dessert gained wide international popularity during the 2010s, particularly after being featured by British food writer Nigella Lawson, and had become ubiquitous in the United Kingdom by 2021. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Origin Period, From (Year)
from 1988 2
Origin Region
Basque Country 1
Origin Region
Spain 1
Classification
Course
Dessert 1
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Uses Ingredient

Cream, Ingredients
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Source Basque Cheesecake (Wikipedia)
Flour, Ingredients
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Sugar, Ingredients
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1. Basque Cheesecake (Wikidata)
  • P495 (country of origin): Spain
    Spain
  • P31 (instance of): Dessert
    Dessert
  • P495 (country of origin): Basque Country
    Basque Country
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2. Basque Cheesecake (Wikipedia)
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It was created in 1988 by Santiago Rivera, chef and owner of the restaurant La Vi?a in San Sebasti?n in the Basque Country, Spain.
Basque Cheesecake (Wikipedia)
  • Uses Ingredient: Sugar, Infobox main_ingredient field: [[Cream cheese]], [[sugar]], [[Egg as food|eggs]], [[cream]], [[flour]]
  • Uses Ingredient: Cream, Infobox main_ingredient field: [[Cream cheese]], [[sugar]], [[Egg as food|eggs]], [[cream]], [[flour]]
  • Uses Ingredient: Flour, Infobox main_ingredient field: [[Cream cheese]], [[sugar]], [[Egg as food|eggs]], [[cream]], [[flour]]
  • Uses Ingredient: Cream Cheese, Infobox main_ingredient field: [[Cream cheese]], [[sugar]], [[Egg as food|eggs]], [[cream]], [[flour]]
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