Portioned cheesecake in "Gourmet" glaze

Delicate, unsweetened cream cheese with a firm base of biscuits and butter. Cheesecake is loved by many for its unusual taste. The homeland of this cheese pie is considered the United States. New York cheesecake is hailed as a classic recipe. But, as often happens, not everything is so simple. The history of creation of cheesecake goes back to ancient times. According to one of the versions, the ancient Greeks from the island of Samos invented the cheese pie. For the first time, the recipe was described by the ancient writer Athenaeus and sounded like this: grind cheese, mix with honey and flour, bake. Other sources attribute the authorship to the Greek physician Aejimius. The doctor's friend Pliny the Elder told about this in his writings. The ancient Greeks were very fond of cheesecakes and served them exclusively on special occasions. Like getting married or winning the Olympics. When Ancient Greece was captured by Ancient Rome, the Romans took over a lot from the Greeks. The invaders also liked the unusual cheese pie. According to legend, Julius Caesar himself adored this dessert. All the Roman nobility considered it good form to serve cheesecake to the table. The Roman Empire was constantly expanding and in 43 AD. began a series of campaigns to Britain. So the cheesecake and its origin story migrated to the British Isles. A more modern recipe for this dessert is first mentioned in British culinary literature in the 1390s. Because of this fact, some British pastry chefs consider England to be the birthplace of cheesecake. In the 18th century, the recipe changed even more: instead of yeast, eggs were added for splendor. The taste and popularity of the cheesecake only benefited. The English settlers took with them to their new home overseas the recipe for this soft, fluffy pie. The modern cheesecake is based on soft cream cheese. With the invention of this cheese, the history of creation began for the modern cheesecake. In 1872, William Lawrence, an American farmer from New York, tried to repeat the recipe for the French Neufchâtel cheese, but got something completely new. Three years later, Lawrence began selling his Philadelphia cheese in local stores. The large company "Kraft Cheese" became interested in him, and since 1928, soft cheese began to be sold throughout America under this brand. In 1929, the owner of the New York restaurant Turf, Arnold Ruben, tried to make a cheese dessert from the new soft Philadelphia cheese. The pie turned out to be incredibly tasty. From that moment on, the popularity of cheesecake began to grow and went far beyond the borders of the United States.