Irina
Khasanova
Pastry Chef and Patisserie Owner
Kazan

Cheesecake with berry confit

Irina
Khasanova
Pastry Chef and Patisserie Owner
Kazan
Ingredients
  • Berry confit
  • Berry (raspberry) puree 150 g
  • Caster sugar 40 g
  • Apple pectin 5 g
  • Cream cheese filling
  • Gelatin 10 g
  • Cream 33% fat 300 ml
  • Caster sugar 100 g
  • Vanillin 1 g
  • Mascarpone cheese 250 g
cooking

Shortbread crust

  • Beat GRANDPRO Tart margarine together with sugar and salt until fluffy.
  • Add flour and mix until smooth.
  • Add an egg and mix until the dough combines.
  • Divide the dough into two parts and refrigerate for an hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 170 °C.
  • Roll out the chilled dough into layers and bake for 15 minutes.
  • Let the shortbread cakes cool and then grind to crumbs in a mixer with a flex edge beater.
  • Combine the shortbread crumbs with melted GRANDPRO Cream margarine, mix, and shape the shortbread crust.

Berry confit

  • Melt berry puree in a saucepan.
  • Mix sugar with pectin and sprinkle it into the puree, stirring constantly.
  • Bring the mixture to a boil and cook for 1 minute.

Cream cheese filling

  • Soak gelatin in cold water.
  • Whip cream with sugar and vanilla until half-whipped.
  • Melt the gelatin in the microwave.
  • Mix gelatin with mascarpone cheese (room temperature).
  • Add the half-whipped cream in three steps keep on mixing.

Assembly

  • Put the cream cheese filling on the shortbread crust; smooth it out.
  • Pour over the berry confit.
  • Give the cheesecake 1 hour in the refrigerator to stabilize.

Ingredients
  • Berry confit
  • Berry (raspberry) puree 150 g
  • Caster sugar 40 g
  • Apple pectin 5 g
  • Cream cheese filling
  • Gelatin 10 g
  • Cream 33% fat 300 ml
  • Caster sugar 100 g
  • Vanillin 1 g
  • Mascarpone cheese 250 g
cooking

Shortbread crust

  • Beat GRANDPRO Tart margarine together with sugar and salt until fluffy.
  • Add flour and mix until smooth.
  • Add an egg and mix until the dough combines.
  • Divide the dough into two parts and refrigerate for an hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 170 °C.
  • Roll out the chilled dough into layers and bake for 15 minutes.
  • Let the shortbread cakes cool and then grind to crumbs in a mixer with a flex edge beater.
  • Combine the shortbread crumbs with melted GRANDPRO Cream margarine, mix, and shape the shortbread crust.

Berry confit

  • Melt berry puree in a saucepan.
  • Mix sugar with pectin and sprinkle it into the puree, stirring constantly.
  • Bring the mixture to a boil and cook for 1 minute.

Cream cheese filling

  • Soak gelatin in cold water.
  • Whip cream with sugar and vanilla until half-whipped.
  • Melt the gelatin in the microwave.
  • Mix gelatin with mascarpone cheese (room temperature).
  • Add the half-whipped cream in three steps keep on mixing.

Assembly

  • Put the cream cheese filling on the shortbread crust; smooth it out.
  • Pour over the berry confit.
  • Give the cheesecake 1 hour in the refrigerator to stabilize.