White Chocolate New York Cheesecake
- 250 grams Philadelphia cream cheese
- 120 grams White chocolate
- 100 grams Sour cream
- 100 grams Heavy cream
- 45 grams Sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp Corn starch
- 1 Egg
- 10 grams Unsalted butter
- 10 ml Water
- 20 grams Sugar
- 5 grams Cake flour
- 3 grams Unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 grams Black cocoa (if available)
- 1 to decorate Sliced almonds
- 1 to decorate White chocolate
- Put the cream cheese in a bowl and soften it by microwaving it for 40 seconds.
- Finely chop the white chocolate, add to a heat-resistant container and microwave for 1 minute.
- Mix until melted.
- Add sugar to the cream cheese in the bowl and mix well with a blender or something similar.
- (If the cream cheese still seems a little hard, try putting it back in the microwave for a few more seconds).
- Add the sour cream, melted white chocolate, heavy cream and egg (in that order) to the bowl and mix well after each addition.
- Sift the cornstarch into the mixture through a tea strainer and mix well once more.
- Line a cake tin with baking paper (for cake tins with a removable bottom, make sure any excess paper on the bottom is flattened down.)
- Cover the outer bottom of the cake tin with foil to prevent water getting inside.
- Pour the mixture into the cake tin and drop lightly onto the counter to remove the air pockets.
- Place the cake tin on a tray in an oven preheated to 160C.
- Pour hot water into the tray and steam the cheesecake for 50 minutes.
- We're going to add some decorations so don't worry if there are some small irregularities.
- Once baked, allow the cheesecake to cool before wrapping and placing in the fridge to chill and harden for 3 hours (though half a day would be best).
- Tuile: Now to make some decorations.
- Melt the butter in the microwave for 40 seconds before adding the water and sugar and mixing well.
- Sift in the powdered ingredients and stir again.
- Line an oven tray with a piece of baking paper large enough so that the edges are poking over the edges of the tray a little and spread the mixture thinly on top.
- Add the sliced almonds over that and bake for 10 minutes in an oven pre-heated to 180C.
- Copeaux: Scraping towards you, use the edge of a spoon to create white chocolate shavings.
- (If you do this step before making the cheesecake you can use the rest of the chocolate in the cheesecake when it becomes too thin to shave without wasting).
- When the cheesecake has chilled and hardened, remove from the cake tin.
- Once the tuile has completely set, break into jagged pieces and stick to the sides of the cake.
- Secure everything in place with a ribbon and sprinkle white chocolate shavings over the top to finish.
- Note: When adding the egg, if you add 1 egg + 2 egg yolks together you will get an even denser cheesecake.
- Give it a try!
cream cheese, white chocolate, sour cream, heavy cream, sugar, starch, egg, butter, water, sugar, flour, cocoa, black cocoa, almonds, white chocolate
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/168227-white-chocolate-new-york-cheesecake (may not work)