Description
A delightful dessert that combines creamy cheesecake with sweet strawberries and white chocolate, perfect for special occasions.
Ingredients
Scale
- 85g unsalted butter (melted)
- 150g digestive biscuits (crushed)
- 150ml double cream
- 250g white chocolate
- 3 gelatine leaves (sheets)
- 300g full-fat cream cheese
- 3 tbsp icing sugar
- 250g mascarpone cheese
- 350g strawberries
- 2 tbsp strawberry jam
- 50g white chocolate (for decoration)
Instructions
- Prepare the Base: Grease and line a 20cm or 23cm round springform cake tin, then line the base with baking parchment.
- Make the Biscuit Base: Blitz the digestive biscuits in a food processor and mix with melted butter. Press into the cake tin and chill for at least 30 minutes.
- Melt the Chocolate and Cream: Heat double cream and white chocolate in a small pan, stirring until completely melted and smooth.
- Dissolve the Gelatine: Soak gelatine sheets in cold water for about 5 minutes, then add to the cream and chocolate mixture, stirring until dissolved.
- Combine Cream Cheese and Mascarpone: Whisk cream cheese, icing sugar, and mascarpone until smooth. Gradually mix in the chocolate and cream mixture.
- Add Strawberries: Hull and chop 200g of strawberries, stir into the cream cheese mixture, pour into the cake tin, and smooth the top. Set in the fridge for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
- Make the Strawberry Sauce: Push 100g strawberries through a sieve into a small pan, add strawberry jam, heat for 2-3 minutes, and let cool.
- Shave the White Chocolate: Use a potato peeler to create curls from the remaining white chocolate for decoration.
- Decorate and Serve: Once set, remove the cheesecake from the tin, decorate with fresh strawberries, white chocolate curls, and drizzle strawberry sauce before serving.
Notes
For best flavor, use fresh strawberries. Adjust sweetness to taste with icing sugar. Can be made a day in advance.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Chilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 25g
- Saturated Fat: 14g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 80mg
Keywords: cheesecake, dessert, white chocolate, strawberries, no-bake