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Basque cheesecake

Basque cheesecake: what it is and where to eat it

Basque Cheesecake

A crustless cheesecake characterized by its deeply caramelized, burnt top and creamy, soft center. It is baked at a high temperature to achieve its signature texture.

49 restaurants on Tastavo serve it

Cuisine
Spanish (Basque)

Typical ingredients

  • cream cheese
  • eggs
  • sugar
  • heavy cream

History of the dish

Basque Country, Spain · 1988

Basque-style cheesecake
© Yukio 12 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Origin
Basque Country, Spain
Dates from
1988
Read more

Basque cheesecake (Basque: euskal gazta-tarta, Spanish: tarta de queso vasca), is a crustless cheesecake. It was created in 1988 by Santiago Rivera, chef and owner of the restaurant La Viña in San Sebastián in the Basque Country, Spain.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Basque cheesecake” · version used · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · Wikipedia

Where to eat it

Lisbon

Ljubljana

Gdańsk

Stockholm

Amsterdam

Bordeaux

Tallinn

Poznań

Limassol

Bilbao

Rotterdam

Gothenburg

Geneva

Toulouse

Genoa

Warsaw

Seville

Dubrovnik

Florence

Kraków

Riga

  • Shōyu Basque Cheesecake€9.50

Dublin

Cork

Dubai

Costa Adeje

Cluj-Napoca

Frankfurt

Munich

Split

  • Bepa Basque Cheesecake€9.50

Budapest

Porto

Alicante

Zadar

Benidorm

Linz

  • Azuma BASQUE CHEESECAKE€9

Brașov

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