German Quark and Fig Cheesecake
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[Signature challenge: baked cheesecake inspired by a family favorite, baked with a relative]
Yannis and his relative made a German-style baked cheesecake using quark, a low-fat fresh cheese, with a little cream cheese added for smoothness, topped with homemade fig jam made by his mum and white chocolate given a honeycomb look with bubble wrap.
Yannis: "I'm happy that we're making a cheesecake."
{Yannis}: "If this is not liked, it means my mom's jam is not liked."
Yannis: "Which is why I'm cheating a little bit. I am using a bit of Philadelphia cream cheese today."
Yannis: "The bubble wrap gives white chocolate that honeycomb appearance."
Yannis: "This is the trick to the cheesecake. You need patience."
Yannis: "We made a German-style cheesecake by using quark cheese. We've done a fig jam."
Nigella (during the bake): "You need to be careful when you bake the quark, because you haven't got the fat. So the texture can lack the smoothness."
Paul: "Love the filling. It's very delicate."
Nigella: "Yes. The cheesecake part is really lovely. You get the tang. I don't know that I like all the little pips of the fig."
Paul: "Overall, I think you've done a great job. Design-wise, excellent."
