Perfect for the weekend:

Apricot cheese cake

What you need:

• Pre-baked base
• 800g Apricots
• 275g Butter (soft)
• 250 g flour
• 250g sugar
• 1 Tl Orange peel (finely grated)
• 1 pack of vanilla sugar
• 2 eggs (size M)
• 500g low-fat curd
• 1 pack of vanilla pudding powder
• 2 tbsp orange juice
• 1 tbsp powdered sugar
• Salt

Step 1:

Halve and pit the apricots. Melt 125 g butter. Mix the flour, 125 g sugar, orange peel and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Add the melted butter. First with the Dough hook of the hand mixer, then work into crumbles with your hands.

Step 2:

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees (fan oven 160 degrees). Press 2⁄3 of the crumbles into a greased springform pan (26 cm Ø). Pre-bake in the hot oven on the lowest rack for 10 minutes.

Step 3:

Mix 150 g butter, 125 g sugar, vanilla sugar and 1 pinch of salt with the whisks of the hand mixer for 5 minutes. creamy Stir well. Stir in the eggs one at a time for 1⁄2 min. Stir in the quark, pudding powder and orange juice well. Spread the mixture on the pre-baked base. Cover with the apricots. Sprinkle with the remaining crumbles. Bake for a further 60-65 min. in the lower third of the oven. Allow to cool in the tin. Then remove from the tin and serve dusted with icing sugar.

Done! Enjoy your meal!