Lychee Cheesecake

Back to Basildon this weekend for my birthday celebration.

I had a lunch with my family in Frankie & Benny's restaurant in my town, it's great.

I made a lychee cheesecake & a few mini ones.

Taste great & light!

Recipe (6'' round/6 ramekins):

Crust:

70g digestive biscuit crumbs

30g Butter (unsalted & melted)

Mix the crust ingredients & press into a pan/ramekins, cool in a fridge.

Lychee cheese filling:

120g canned lychee (blended into puree)

250g cream cheese

35g sugar

8g gelatin

50g water

150g whipping cream

Dissolve gelatin in hot water.

Whisk cream cheese with sugar until smooth then blend in the puree.

Whisk the whipping cream to soft peaks then fold in the cheese mixture.

Fold in the gelatine solution.

Fill the prepared pan/ramekins then freeze to set.

Lychee jelly:

240ml syrup of canned lychee

5g gelatin

Boil the syrup then add in the gelatine.

Let the syrup cool down.

Pour over the top & freeze again to set.

Decorate with lychees or as you like & serve cold.

Desserts with Berry 2

Last week, I went back to Basildon & made a blackberry chessecake for my mother.

These raspberry mousse cakes were for myself, I used dark chocolate so she thought it's too bitter for her.

I love it, very rich in chocolate coupled with the refreshing raspberry flavour.

Here come the recipe.

Recipe for 4 ramekins:

Crust:

70g digestive biscuit crumbs

30g butter (unsalted & melted)

1 tbsp cocoa powder

Mix the crust ingredients & press into a pan/ramekins, cool in a fridge.

Raspberry mousse:

170g fresh raspberry (blended into puree & strained)

10g sugar

2g/1 sheet gelatin

100g whipping cream

Soften gelatin in water.

Heat raspberry puree with sugar until slightly boil, then add the bloomed gelatin.

Let the puree cool down.

Whisk the whipping cream to soft peaks then fold in the puree.

Fill the prepared pan/ramekins until half way with the mousse then freeze to set.

Chocolate mousse:

50g cream cheese

35g whipping cream

15g sugar

2g/1 sheet gelatin

20ml water

30g dark chocolate (72%)

Dissolve gelatin in hot water.

Beat the cheese with sugar then blend in the molten chocolate.

Add the gelatin solution to the chocolate cheese.

Whisk the whipping cream to soft peaks then fold in the cheese mixture.

Fill the mousse on top of the frozen raspberry mousse then freeze to set.

Note: The cream cheese can be replaced by whipping cream. I used it because there's some leftover cream cheese from the blackberry cheesecake.

Ganache topping:

50g dark chocolate (72%)

60g whipping cream

10g sugar

Heat all ingredients on slow heat until chocolate is fully melted.

Spread over the top & freeze again to set.

Decorate with fruits or as you like & serve cold.

Desserts with Berry 1

I havent's updated the blog recently.

I wasn't particularly busy but I have gone through the most precious moment: my graduation!

It was truly a great ceremony & also a great chance to meet all my friends.

I haven't been spending much time in baking lately.

But as I was going home for the weekend, I was thinking of making a cheesecake for my mum.

I bought some blackberries & raspberries not knowing what cheesecake to make.

I ended up making this blackberry yogurt cheesecake & some chocolate raspberry mousse cakes.

Click here for the recipe of blackberry yogurt cheesecake & substitute the raspberry with blackberry (150g).