French Cheese Cake

a friend is having his birthday soon. i told him i would make a dessert of his choice. without hesitation, he said 'FRENCH CHEESE CAKE!".

since i want to further my skills with sous vide, i thought i would use a water oven to help make it. i could not find a recipe for a french cheese cake using sous vide. is this doable or should i try my hands with an old-fashioned recipe? does anyone have a recipe they can point me to? any tips?

thanks.

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Chris_Young_80640

@MetaChef — I'm not actually familiar with French cheese cake per se. Do you have a link to an old-fashioned recipe? Might be able to suggest some tips if I knew what you were aiming to do.

sebastian_palmigiani_21610

@chris the highlight of a french cheese cake is that the filling is very light.

here are some links.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FefwdMO03M

http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/07/03/french-cheesecake/

http://www.cooks.com/recipe/1h1sf9o9/french-cheesecake.html

i'm thinking of experimenting along the lines here with ramekins:

http://blog.sousvidesupreme.com/2014/04/lemon-cheesecake/

i've seen some recipes that use the springform pan in a water bath placed in the oven.

Matt_67991

@MetaChef so is it sort of halfway between an American cheesecake and a Japanese cheesecake in terms of incorporated whipped egg whites? Some of those look collapsed, which might be a sign of poor mixing or baking, unless they're meant to be that way.

I normally use springform in the water bath in the oven, but I don't normally make aerated cheesecake. I feel like maybe pure sous vide way might end up a bit dense, since you want rapid expansion of the air bubbles to get a rise? There are also no whipped egg whites in that recipe.

Here is a little article on making aerated cheesecake

http://www.joepastry.com/2011/making-cheezoo-kaykee/

maybe check with your friend to see which sort they prefer?