Recipe
Pomegranate White Chocolate Cheesecake
8 Serves | 30MINS Prep Time | 10 MINS Cook Time | 11 Ingredients |
Ingredients
- 2 Pomegranates
- 150 grams Milk Arrowroot biscuits
- 80 grams unsalted butter, melted
- 200 grams cream cheese
- 100 grams caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 300 ml pure cream
- 300 grams mascarpone
- 200 grams white couverture chocolate
- 1 tsp gelatine, 1 tsp gelatine dissolved in 100ml warm water
- 100 ml warm water, 1 tsp gelatine dissolved in 100ml warm water
Method
- Place biscuits in food processor and pulse until coarse crumbs form. Add melted butter and pulse until the mixture forms into a ball.
- Scoop arils from pomegranates into a bowl and drain the juice into a measuring cup. You need 4 tbsp juice. If there is not enough, spoon some of the arils into a sieve over a bowl and use the back of a kitchen spoon to press out more juice. Repeat until there is sufficient juice. Discard solids, set juice aside and reserve un-pressed arils.
- Press crumb mix into the base of a 26cm spring form tin and chill for 2 hours.
- Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla till smooth. Add 100ml cream and beat lightly. Add mascarpone and whip until incorporated.
- Over a double boiler, melt chocolate and stir through remaining cream. Stand to cool for 10 minutes.
- Fold chocolate, 4 tbsp pomegranate juice and gelatine mix into cheese mix and pour into chilled crumb base. Refrigerate for 4 hours.
- Serve sliced cheesecake garnished with reserved arils.