Nutella Whitechocolate Mascarpone Cheesecake

Making a cheesecake and eating it was always on my to do list. Today I ticked  against the word cheesecake in my ``To Do'' cooking list and wrote ‘’Done’’ against it.Finally.

I had made Paneer Butter Masala and there was a big packet of Amul cream left .The shop I visited did not have the usual small packet so I had to settle with the big one.So I explored my options on how to put the cream to good use.That’s when the idea of making Mascarpone cheese hit me.

But what would I do with the Mascarpone cheese? I had already made Tiramisu two times earlier and I was in no mood to make it again….How about a cheesecake?

I could easily substitute Mascarpone for the cream cheese…..I had a big jar of nutella sitting in my pantry ….So I happily picked it up and made a Nutella Cheesecake…..of course  topped with creamy White chocolate Mascarpone Mousse….

Here goes the recipe-:

Ingredients

For base

Glucose/marie biscuits-200 gms

Melted butter-100 gms

Sugar-2 tbsp

For Mascarpone cheese

Fresh cream-500m l(Amul)

Lime juice-Of 2 small lemons

For White chocholate and Nutella layers

Whip cream-2 cups or more

White chocolate-1 cup

Nutella-1 cup

Mascarpone cheese-2 cups

Gelatin-11/2 tbsp each for Nutella and White chocolate layers

Sugar-7 tsp

Method

For Mascarpone Cheese

Bring to boil 1 inch of water in a wide bottomed pan.Reduce flame to medium till water is  barely simmering.Take a non stick/heat resistant vessel with fresh cream and place inside the wide bottomed pan.

Heat cream for 15 minutes at 190F stirring often.

Add lime juice and stir continuously till cream curdles ie: the cream thickens like a well done cream anglaise and coats the back of your wooden spoon thickly.You will also see a few clear whey streaks when you stir.

Allow the mixture to cool for 20 minutes. Transfer onto a dampened cheesecloth  placed over a vessel.You can use rubberbands to hold the cheesecloth around the top of the vessel. Once completely cooled cover with cling film and refrigerate overnight or for 24 hrs.

For the Cheesecake

Crush the biscuits.Melt butter.Add biscuits .Stir till biscuit gets slightly crunchy.

Add sugar and mix.

Spread  into a spring form tin  and press with a spoon to set.

Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Whip cream and sugar to stiff peaks

Fold in the mascarpone cheese.

Divide  batter into two

Take first portion and stir in nutella. Fold well.

Bloom gelatin and double boil it to melt the gelatin.

Add into the nutella mixed portion

Spread over biscuit crust.Refrigerate till set(for 3-4 hrs)

Melt white chocholate using double boiling method.

Mix to second half portion of mascarpone cream mix set aside.

Bloom gelatin and melt using double boiling method.

Add gelatin and fold into the white chocolate cream mixture.

Spread over set nutella layer.Refrigerate till set(overnight)
Garnish with almond praline.|Serve cold.