Amaretto Cheesecake 🇮🇹
Elegant almond-kissed cheesecake on a crunchy amaretti crust — the Italian favourite ✨
Ingredients
- 200g amaretti biscuits, crushed
- 80g butter, melted
- 500g cream cheese, room temp
- 150g sugar
- 3 eggs
- 200ml sour cream
- 3 tbsp amaretto liqueur
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 40g sliced almonds, toasted (for topping)
- Crushed amaretti, to sprinkle
How to make it
- Mix crushed amaretti biscuits with melted butter, press into a 20cm springform pan and bake 10 min at 180°C.
- Beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs, sour cream, amaretto and almond extract until smooth.
- Pour over the crust and bake 50 min at 160°C until just set. Cool, then chill 4 hours.
- Scatter the toasted almond slices and crushed amaretti over the top, slice and serve.