Brent’s baked berry cheesecake served with fresh fruits & berry coulis
2017-12-08 17:07:26
This is my mom’s baked cheesecake recipe, served with fresh fruits, berry coulis and a Macadamia Nut Crumble. It’s not difficult to make and the only advice I can give, is to treat your ingredients with respect, bake it with love & most of all, have fun!
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Prep Time
3 hr
Cook Time
45 min
Total Time
3 hr 45 min
For the Base
- 250g digestive biscuits
- 150g butter
- 3 tbsp castor sugar
Filling
- 225g castor sugar
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- 750g cream cheese
- 6 egg yolks
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 150ml cream
- 150ml sour cream
- 1/2 lemon zest
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6 egg whites
For the Berry Sauce
- 1 cup frozen berries
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp water
- Blueberries for serving
For the Macadamia Nut Crumble
- 250g macadamia nuts, roughly crushed
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup liquid glucose
- 1/2 cup water
- Pinch of salt
- 1 knob butter
- 5ml vanilla essence
For the Cheesecake
- Crush the digestive biscuits to fine crumbs in food processor. Add the melted butter and sugar and mix. Press into a greased 24 cm spring form cake tin. Chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- Mix the corn flour with the sugar and beat in the cream cheese, egg yolks and vanilla extract.
- Slowly pour in heavy cream and sour cream, beating constantly. Add the lemon zest.
- In another bowl, beat the egg whites with the salt to stiff peaks, then fold into the cheese mixture carefully.
- Scoop cheese onto base. Bake in a 170°C oven for 45 minutes without opening the oven door until golden brown on top.
- Turn off the heat and let the cake stand in the oven for one more hour. Let it cool down outside. Then chill it in the refrigerator for a few hours.
For the Berry Sauce
- Put the blueberries in a pot over low to medium heat.
- Stir sugar into the berries, cook stirring until the berries are thawed.
- Whisk together the cold water and the cornstarch until smooth, add mixture to the berries and simmer and stir until thickened. Place some of the berry sauce in a silicone mould of choice and freeze, to add to service.
- Prepare a baking tray by adding a baking sheet on top of it and add some non-stick spray. Add the sugar, liquid glucose, water and salt to a pan. Over a medium heat let the sugar melt, being careful to get rid of the sugar crystals on the side of the pot with a pastry brush dipped in water. When the sugar reaches 115°C, add the macadamia nuts.
- Let the sugar reach 160°C, then add a knob of butter and vanilla essence. Stir through.
- Spread on the prepared baking tray and allow it to set.
To serve
- Place a slice of cheese cake on a plate, with blueberry sauce next to it. Garnish with the cut blueberries, the brittle and the frozen berry sauce.
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