Cream Cheese, Neufchatel, Ricotta or Mascarpone, Goat Cheese, Farmer’s Cheese, Cottage Cheese, and Quark are all used to make cheesecakes. In the United States we are most familiar with cheesecakes made with Cream Cheese. The French are known for using Neufchatel in their cheesecakes.
Ricotta or Marcarpone Cheese is used in an Authentic Italian cheesecake. Pennsylvania Dutch- style cheesecake uses Farmer’s Cheese. German-style cheesecake known as Käsesahnetorte uses Quark cheese adds cream and is not baked.
The list goes on and on, there are so many different kinds of cheesecakes to explore. It is rather intriguing to study the origin and ingredients and methods of preparation and/or baking as some are baked and others are not.
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