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[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 77 points 1 month ago (4 children)

No Basque Cheesecake? Fuck this list.

[–] ServantOfRa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago

How am I supposed to know what ditto is in Swedish?

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Honestly

Part of me thinks this is a clever troll to leave it out

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[–] Firebirdie713@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 month ago (3 children)

No Italian ricotta cheesecake? For shame!

I kid, but I seriously recommend people try it. Crust optional, filling is a combo of ricotta and marscapone cheese with butter and sour cream. Wonderful as-is, but even better with strawberry or raspberry sauce.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 12 points 1 month ago

Italian and basque are the two best ones, followed by New York. Scandinavian is nice enough and also not listed.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Basque? That ought to be in there. Had one in Barcelona that was amazing. Tried to make one at home and it just seemed flat compared to the Spanish one.

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[–] Slashme@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (11 children)

They misspelled Käsekuchen.

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe they just ran out of dots.

[–] Jorn@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Luckily there is a rule for that. You just add an "e". Germans will know when they read Kaese that it means Käse(cheese).

ä=ae ö=oe ü=ue

And bonus ß=ss

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 month ago

Käsekuchen ist immer lecker

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] LaMouette@jlai.lu 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yup but it's on purpose. This is called "tourteau fromager"

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[–] nightlily@leminal.space 12 points 1 month ago

Käsekuchen is my favourite out of the three I’ve tried. It’s incredibly well balanced in flavours. It’s a shame Quark is almost completely unheard of outside German/Slavic countries.

[–] Osprey@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago

In German that name means East-Poo-Poo. Sounds delicious.

[–] julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

German here 👋 When I ate my first American Cheesecake in the US I actually thought that something was wrong with it and I let the others at my table which were all Americans taste as well. They all said it was alright. It was pure sweet and almost inedible for my German cheese cake taste. I never ate one after that experience 😅

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You’re missing basque style

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

The Tourteau au Fromage certainly deserves a mention IMO.

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There's a bakery I like that does 'Hungarian cheesecake.' It's like the German but with chocolate chips inside. Only place that has ever made a chocolate-involved cheesecake I have ever liked.

Now I want cheesecake.

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel like sour and chocolate don't mix well... but there is Quark with chocolate chips and some people like it, I'm just not one of them.

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[–] mrmule@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sweden would like to join the chat

I tried this and was gravely disappointed 😔

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 7 points 1 month ago

Quark cheese had been known to spontaneously pop in and out of existence with its anti-quark cheese counterpart, at which point the collide and annihilate each other in an intense burst of radiation.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

I have tried the German and New York and they were both good in different ways.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Sorry but no.
In Germany we also use Frischkäse which is cream cheese.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wikipedia says you can use quark or cream cheese: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4sekuchen

Probably lots of variations from one family recipe to the next...

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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

that polish shit looks like it fucks

[–] Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Can't believe it doesn't have a London Cheesecake. Well actually I can because not only is it not a cake but it doesn't even have cheese in it...

Its a weird little thing mostly localised to London as the name would suggest. Basically a square of puff pastry with a jam filling, icing and coconut shavings on top.

Not ideal when you want an actual cheesecake but a really simple and delicious pastry.

[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

The last column "texture & flavour" should be two.

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Swedish cheesecake anyone? Preferably Hälsinge cheesecake.

Baked cheese curd with cream and cloud berries. To die for.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (8 children)
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