Fig Cheesecake with Balsamic Glaze


WHAT YOU NEED
  • 250 grams chocolate biscuits
  • 80 grams butter or margarine
  • 500 grams cream cheese
  • 3/4 cup caster sugar
  • 1 cup cream
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 3 teaspoons gelatine powder dissolved in 1/4 cup boiling water
  • Seeds from 1 vanilla bean pod or 1 teaspoon vanilla bean extract or essence
  • 8-10 ripe figs
  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar glaze

HOW TO MAKE
  1. Spray a 20cm spring-form cake tin with baking oil or grease with margarine/butter. Line the bottom with a disc of baking paper.
  2. Blitz the biscuits in a food processor until they are sand-like and place into a medium bowl.
  3. Heat up the butter in a small saucepan (or in the microwave) and then mix into biscuit crumbs with a spoon until thoroughly combined.
  4. Press the biscuit mixture firmly into the base of the cake tin evenly and then refrigerate.
  5. With a stand or hand mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar for 2-3 minutes until smooth, then add cream, lemon juice, gelatin mixture and vanilla.
  6. Beat for another minute or so until completely combined and then turn out into the cake tin, using an offset spatula (or the back of a spoon) to smooth and spread the mixture evenly.
  7. Refrigerate the cake for three hours or overnight.
  8. Once cake is ready, gently turn out onto serving plate or cake stand.
  9. Wash and gently dry figs (once you wash them they will start to spoil so don't wash them too soon) and slice or leave whole as desired.
  10. Arrange the figs over the cake -- I prefer a more natural, non-symmetrical design -- and dribble balsamic glaze (or alternative) over the top.

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