Cheesecake flower

Jun 30, 2021
Cheescake fiore

INGREDIENTS (Base)

  • 200 g of dry biscuits
  • 100 g of butter

    INGREDIENTS (Cream)
    300g cream cheese (Philadelphia type)
  • 250 g of mascarpone
  • 400 ml of cream (vegetable if you prefer)
  • 100 g of sugar
  • 100 g of white chocolate
  • 16 g of gelatine sheets (fish glue) or other of vegetable origin
  • Purple and yellow gel food coloring

PROCEDURE

  • Melt the butter in a small pan. Blend the biscuits or use a cloth, wrap them and crush them with a 'meat crusher' or a ladle.
  • Mix butter and biscuits.
  • Line a pan with baking paper. If you have it, use food-grade acetate strips for the edge (you will get a perfectly smooth edge).
  • Spread the mixture on the bottom and compact by leveling it with a spoon or your fingertips.
  • Place in the refrigerator.
  • Soak the gelatine sheets in cold water.
  • In a bowl, place the mascarpone, cheese and sugar and mix with an electric whisk (by hand if you prefer).
  • Melt the white chocolate in a bain-marie.
  • Heat half the cream and dissolve the well-squeezed gelatine sheets in it. Sieve to remove any undissolved gelatine pieces.
  • Add the white chocolate pieces and mix well to melt.
  • Add the chocolate mixture to the cheese mixture and stir.
  • Whip the other half of the cream and add it to the cream with a spatula and movements from the bottom upwards.
  • Insert the flower-shaped ring (if you have one) or a smaller cookie cutter into the center of the mold.
  • Divide the cream and color one part with your favorite color using a natural gel food coloring (for me purple). I remind you that there are foods that color a lot like mountain blueberries, raspberries, etc.
  • Fill a piping bag with the white cream and insert it into the outermost space (you can do this simply with a spoon or ladle with slow movements so as not to dirty the center of the mold).
  • Pour the colored cream into the flower ring (or pastry cutter). Use the back of a spoon to level the creams.
  • To obtain the flower effect you can use gel food coloring, purple and yellow, and a brush.
  • Place in the refrigerator for a few minutes. Remove the flower ring or pastry cutter before the cake solidifies. If you have waited too long, leave it at room temperature for a few minutes and you can carefully run a knife with a smooth blade around the shape before removing the ring.
  • Once the inner ring has been removed, place the cheesecake in the refrigerator to solidify until ready to eat.

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