Baked White Chocolate Cheesecake with Mascarpone &; Strawberries
Baked White Chocolate Cheesecake with Mascarpone & Strawberries might well be my best cheesecake to date. Smooth, rich, indulgent, satisfying and quite impressive for something made so simple. A quick jam like reduction, some balsamic, some vanilla, a dash of lime juice and sugar of course yielded a beautiful topping for the cheesecake.
Ingredients
Biscuit base
- 185 g digestives biscuits
- 25 g jaggery {or brown sugar}
- 55 g butter
White Chocolate Filling
- 200 g white baking chocolate melted
- 300 g cream cheese
- 400 ml single cream
- 20 g cornflour
- 4 eggs
- ½ tsp vanilla bean paste {or 1 tsp pure vanilla extract}
- 100 g raw sugar
Vanilla Mascarpone Cream
- 150 g mascarpone cheese
- 25 g raw sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla bean paste
Strawberry Topping
- 250 g strawberries chopped
- Few sprigs fresh rosemary
- 100 g sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla bean paste
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- Juice of 1/2 lime
Instructions
Biscuit base
- Whiz the biscuits and jaggery in food processor until you get a fine meal. Add butter, whiz again to mix. Press into 7-8" loose bottom tin. Chill in the freezer while you get the filling ready, and the oven preheats.
White Chocolate Filling
- Preheat oven to 160C.
- Place all ingredients in bowl of food processor, and blend well to mix, 1-2 minutes on medium speed.
- Pour into crust, and bake for an hour.
- Cool completely in the oven, then chill covered in the fridge, preferably overnight.
Vanilla Mascarpone Cream
- Place all ingredients in a large bowl an whisk until just mixed and smooth. Don't overmix. Spread over chilled cheesecake.
Strawberry Rosemary Topping
- Place all ingredients except lime juice in a non reactive sauce pan. Simmer over low heat until it becomes jam like and reaches the desired consistency. Taste and adjust sweetness. Discard rosemary. Add lime juice if desired. Cool completely {Can be made a day ahead}. Top the Vanilla Mascarpone Cream with this.
- Garnish with freshly sliced strawberries and fresh rosemary sprigs.