Basque cheesecake is crustless and baked hot to a caramelised top and creamy centre; Santiago Rivera created it at La Vina in San Sebastian in 1988.
Wikipedia says Basque cheesecake was created in 1988 by Santiago Rivera at his pintxo bar La Vina in San Sebastian and became popular online in the 2010s. Other Basque cheesecakes came first, such as the one by Hilario Arbelaitz at Zuberoa in Oiartzun, which was often made with a crust. In Bilbao, La Vina del Ensanche, a bar and restaurant open since 1927, lists a tarta de queso with ice cream at 7.50 euros, and Casa Rufo lists a tarta de queso on its carta.
