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Strawberry Cheesecake with Yuzu & Meringue

Looking for a magnificent strawberry cheesecake recipe that will wow your family and friends?  You are in the right place. This sophisticated dessert is amazing and will impress everyone without a doubt. Serve the cheesecake with Yuzu ice cream, meringue and strawberry puree.

Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Additional Time
1 d 2 hrs
Total Time
1 d 3 hrs 15 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Strawberry Gel:
  • 450 grams Strawberry Puree
  • 50 grams raspberry purée
  • 150 milliliters water
  • 4 grams agar-agar if you dont have this ,the taste will be the same, but the texture will be a little more liquid
  • 50 milliliters strawberry liqueur
  • 20 grams sugar
Yuzu Ice Cream:
  • 880 milliliters milk
  • 250 milliliters cream
  • 65 grams powdered milk
  • 220 grams sugar
  • 35 grams dextrose
  • 7 grams ice cream stabilizer
  • 4 yuzus
Crumble:
  • 100 grams butter
  • 100 grams sugar
  • 100 grams almond flour
  • 100 grams flour
Meringue:
  • 50 grams egg whites
  • 100 grams sugar
Cheesecake:
  • 800 milliliters cream
  • 400 grams cottage cheese
  • 120 grams sugar
  • 70 grams powdered milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 vanilla pod sliced lengthways, or 1 tsp vanilla extract
Pastry:
  • 200 grams icing sugar
  • 60 grams egg yolks 3 yolks
  • 300 grams butter soft
  • 500 grams flour
  • pinch salt

Instructions

Strawberry Gel
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  1. Mix all the ingredients together and bring to boil and let cool.
  2. Once cold, blend with a hand blender and pass through a fine strainer to obtain a smooth texture.
Yuzu Ice Cream
  1. Make a hot infusion with the milk, cream plus 1⁄2 yuzu zest so that the milk and cream obtain the citrus flavour.
  2. Leave to cool.
  3. Mix together dries ingredients (powdered milk, sugar, dextrose, ice cream stabilizer)
  4. Dissolve the dry mixture into the cooled milk and cream infusion.
  5. Heat to 82° C/ 180° F and cool rapidly once it reaches the temperature. When cooked add the yuzu juice and the rest of the yuzu zest (depending on the taste)
  6. Leave to mature for 12 – 24 hours.
  7. Pass through a sieve and put in ice cream machine.
Crumble
  1. Mix together all ingredients with your fingers to obtain a loose crumble and cook in the oven at 160° C/ 320° F for approximately 10 to 15 minutes until it becomes slightly crunchy.
Meringue
  1. Heat the egg white and sugar to 50° C/ 122°F.
  2. Beat until firm.
  3. Put in a pastry-piping bag and pipe small meringues approximately the size of a grape.
  4. Dry in the oven slowly at approximately 80° C/175° F until they are dry.
Cheesecake
  1. Beat the cottage cheese (quark), cream and milk powder together.
  2. Whisk the eggs and sugar in a bowl until thick, pale and foamy, add the vanilla seed and fold in the cheese and cream mixture.
Pastry
  1. Mix everything together in a food blender.
  2. Roll out.
  3. Place in a lightly greased cake tin of approximately 28 cm/ 11 inches in diameter.
  4. Pour the cheesecake mixture on the top.
  5. Cook in the oven for 25 minutes at 180° C/ 355°F.
  6. Leave to cool for 2-4 hours.
Notes and Plating
  1. Should you wish to make mini strawberry cheesecakes like in the picture, use a cake cutter to cut your desired size.
  2. Add fresh strawberries and decorate the plate with puree, meringue, ice cream and sprinkle with crumble.

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