# @ivanas_tastykitchen on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DN8iQhdiImC
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61786561-ivanas-tastykitchen-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-29T16:37:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ivana Sanshia | 🇿🇦 Chef (@ivanas_tastykitchen) — https://gondola.cc/ivanas_tastykitchen

## Caption

Cheesecake isn’t just for dessert anymore! 😍 This savoury tomato cheesecake is creamy, tangy, and topped with jammy tomatoes — a flavour combination that will surprise and delight your taste buds. Perfect for lunch, dinner, or entertaining friends! 🧀🍅

Recipe:
✨ Serves 4–6

Base – Oats, Walnuts & Dates

50 g oats
40 g walnuts
2–3 Medjool dates, pitted
25 g coconut oil, melted
1–2 tsp fresh thyme or rosemary, chopped
1–2 tbsp Parmesan (optional)
Pinch of sea salt

Instructions:

1️⃣Blend oats, walnuts, dates, herbs, salt, and optional Parmesan until crumbly but sticky.
2️⃣Add melted coconut oil and mix until well combined.
3️⃣Press mixture firmly into a 15 cm springform tin.
4️⃣Chill for 30 minutes or bake at 170 °C for 8–10 minutes for a nuttier, firmer base.

Filling – Creamy Cheese Layer

250 g quark (or Greek yoghurt)
330 g cream cheese
200 g feta
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
15 g whole milk (for gelatin, optional)
Salt & pepper, to taste
4 Gelatin sheets or agar-agar (optional for no-bake version)

Instructions:

1️⃣Soak gelatin sheets in cold water (or dissolve agar-agar in milk).
2️⃣Blend quark, cream cheese, feta, lemon zest & juice, salt, and pepper until smooth.
3️⃣Add softened gelatin if making a no-bake cheesecake.
4️⃣ Pour filling over the prepared base and smooth the top.
5️⃣Chill in the fridge for ~4 hours or bake at 160 °C for 25–30 minutes until just set.

Tomato Jam Topping

150–200 g cherry tomatoes, halved
1 small yellow tomato, thinly sliced
1–2 tsp hot honey (or honey + pinch of chilli)
1–2 tsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp olive oil
Fresh thyme, to taste
Pinch of salt

Instructions:

1️⃣Heat olive oil in a pan, gently fry cherry and whole tomatoes for ~5 minutes until slightly softened.
2️⃣Add sliced yellow tomato just before the balsamic.
3️⃣Stir in hot honey, balsamic, thyme, and salt. Let bubble and thicken slightly.
4️⃣Remove from the heat and let tomatoes sit in the sticky sauce.
5️⃣Spoon over chilled or baked cheesecake before serving.
6️⃣Garnish with extra thyme if desired.

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cheeselovers, foodiereel, cookinginspo, tastyeats, foodstagram, cheesecakerecipe, savourycheesecake, creativerecipes, tomatocheesecake, homecooking

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