Cheesecake
Sauce
A delicious blueberry swirl cheesecake with a crunchy biscuit base and topped with a creamy creme fraiche, white chocolate and cream cheese filling swirled with a homemade blueberry puree.
Place the fruit, sugar and 2/3 of the water in a pan and cook till the fruit is soft. mix the cornflour and the remaining water and stir to form a smooth paste, add to the fruit mixture and stir till smooth and thick set aside to cool.
Place a circle of baking paper in the bottom of the tin, melt the butter, and crush the biscuits to a fine crumb. Add the crushed biscuits to the butter and stir, place them in the tin and press down to form a solid base, and refrigerate.
Melt the white chocolate and set aside, blend the cream cheese and the crème fraiche together till smooth, and slowly mix in the melted chocolate, set aside. Whip the egg whites till they form soft peaks, gradually add the sugar and whisk till smooth and glossy. Fold half the egg whites with the cheese mixture, then add the other half of the egg whites to the mixture folding gently to keep as much air in as possible.
Place half the mixture on top of the biscuit base add four tablespoons of the blueberry puree to the tin then add the remaining cheese mixture and swirl. Chill for 4 hours and serve sliced with extra blueberry sauce
This dessert is perfect all year round as the blueberry puree can be made with fresh or frozen fruit, we think it makes a delicious summer pudding and it is perfect for a family treat or for a dinner with friends
Children and adults alike will love this dessert and because of its American origins, it makes the perfect dessert for an American-themed dinner party. It is perfect for vegetarians as it is made without gelatine.
If you are having a meal with friends or a dinner party, this is the perfect dessert as you can make it ahead of time. it is ideal for an American dinner party or a vegetarian American dinner party. Serve with leek and blue cheese tarts for starters and southern fried chicken for the meat eaters and southern fried cauliflower for the veggies
Cheesecake is believed to have originated in Greece and was more like the cooked cheesecakes we have today, the biscuit-based creamy cheesecakes are believed to have been created in America in New York.
Our cheesecake is a New York-style cheesecake, with crushed digestive biscuits mixed with butter to form a crunchy crust. Our creamy cheese layer is made with crème fraiche, cream cheese, eggs and sugar. Unlike the traditional fruit cheesecakes, which place the fruit topping on top of the cream cheese layer, our cheesecake has the blueberry sauce swirled inside the cheese layer. The cheesecake is served with additional blueberry sauce.
Cheesecake is believed to have originated in Greece and was more like the cooked cheesecakes we have today, the biscuit-based creamy cheesecakes are believed to have been created in America in New York.
Our cheesecake is a New York-style cheesecake, with crushed digestive biscuits mixed with butter to form a crunchy crust. Our creamy cheese layer is made with crème fraiche, cream cheese, eggs and sugar. Unlike the traditional fruit cheesecakes, which place the fruit topping on top of the cream cheese layer, our cheesecake has the blueberry sauce swirled inside the cheese layer. The cheesecake is served with additional blueberry sauce.
There are so many different versions across the world of different types of cheesecake, African cheesecakes are similar to the cheesecakes in the UK with biscuit bases. Asian cheesecakes have some very different fillings such as matcha, lychee and mango, their cheesecakes tend to be less sweet and less creamy than European cheesecakes. Indian cheesecakes tend also to be less sweet and are often made with cottage cheese and nuts. Germany cheesecakes have a dough base and use quark as the filling.
