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Cheesecake Tartufo
These tartufo are based on the traditional Italian dessert that uses ice cream in the centre
Recipe Category:
Dessert
Makes enough for:
2
people
All Rights Reserved:
an original recipe from Lavender and Lime
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Ingredients
for the sweetened milk
250
mls milk
100
g
castor sugar
5
mls vanilla essence
for the cheesecake centre
100
g
cream cheese
50
g
sweetened milk
for the bread crumbs
2
slices
bread
crusts removed
for the chocolate soil
50
g
castor sugar
15
mls water
38
g
dark chocolate
finely chopped
for the crumb coating
30
g
bread crumbs
10
g
chocolate soil
1.25
mls ground cinnamon
for the chocolate coating
35
g
dark chocolate
35
g
chocolate soil
75
mls sweetened milk
Method
for the sweetened milk
Place the milk, sugar and essence into a small sauce pan
Over a medium temperature bring to the boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves
Reduce to the lowest temperature and leave to simmer for an hour, stirring occasionally
Remove from the heat and strain into a jug and set aside to cool
for the cheesecake centre
Place the cream cheese and sweetened milk into a bowl
Whisk until light and fluffy
Place into moulds and leave in the freezer for at least 6 hours
for the bread crumbs
Preheat the oven to 100° Celsius
Place the bread onto a lined baking tray
Bake for 30 minutes
Turn the bread over and bake for a further 10 minutes
Set aside to cool
Break up and place into a blender
Chop until small crumbs are formed
Place into a bowl and set aside
for the chocolate soil
Place the sugar and water into a small saucepan, making sure you do not splash the water up the sides
Bring to a boil on a high temperature without stirring
Leave to boil until it reaches 140° Celsius on a sugar thermometer
Remove from the heat and add the chocolate
Whisk until completely combined
Pour onto a lined baking tray and leave to cool
Break up and place into a blender
Chop until small crumbs are formed
Place into a bowl and set aside
for the crumb coating
Place all of the ingredients into a bowl and mix to combine
for the chocolate coating
Place the chocolate into a bowl and melt to 47° Celsius
Remove from the heat and add the chocolate soil and sweetened milk
Whisk to combine
to assemble
Place a cooling rack over a baking tin
Remove the frozen cheesecake centres from the mould and place onto the rack
Pour the chocolate coating over each centre
Sprinkle the crumb coating over each one
Place back into the freezer to set
Serve frozen on a bed of the left over crumb coating or chocolate soil and with left over sweetened milk if you want
Notes
I used Blue Ribbon Low GI White Bread