Description
A strawberry-white chocolate cheesecake is a perfect dessert for a summer party, complete with a berry sauce to cover any cracks that may occur while baking.
Ingredients
Scale
Crust
- 3 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/3 cup granulated white sugar
- 2 oz white chocolate chips
Filling
- 4 x 8 oz cream cheese
- ½ cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 8 oz white chocolate chips, melted
- 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 3 eggs, large, at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- ½ cup strawberry jam
strawberry sauce
- 2 cups strawberries, fresh
- ½ cup granulated white sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
- ¾ tablespoon cornstarch
- ¾ tablespoon lemon juice
for garnishing
- whipped cream
- white chocolate curls/shave
- fresh strawberries
Instructions
Make the crust
- Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
- Using a food processor, crush the graham crackers. You need 3 cups of graham cracker crumbs for this recipe. Transfer to a bowl and add granulated sugar to it and mix.
- Add melted butter and and mix till crumb is moistened.
- Transfer the crumbs to a 9 inch springform pan and press on the bottom and sides of the pan. Use the back of your measuring cup to press down the crumbs firmly.
- Bake the crust at 350 F degrees for 7-8 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.
Make the filling
- Preheat oven to 325 F degrees
- To make the filling, start by beating room temperature cream cheese using paddle attachment of your stand mixer or your hand mixer.
- Add sour cream, granulated white sugar and vanilla and mix till well combined for around 2-3 minutes. Be sure to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl.
- Add eggs, one at a time and mix after each addition.
- Melt white chocolate chips in your microwave, stirring them after every 20-30 seconds. Let the chocolate cool down a bit and then add to the batter and mix.
- Finally fold in the flour. Do not beat the batter too much at this point.
- Sprinkle 2 oz of white chocolate chips on the bottom of the prepared crust.
- Pour ½ of the cheesecake filling on the top of the crust.
- Microwave strawberry jam for 30-45 seconds so that it’s easier to spread. Pour the jam over the filling and make swirls using a knife.
- Now pour the remaining cheesecake filling on top.
- Bake at 325 F degrees for 55-60 minutes or until the top of cheesecake is light brown in color. The center of the cheesecake should still be little jiggly.
- Once the cheesecake is baked, switch off the oven and let the cheesecake sit inside the oven for 1 hour [with the oven door slightly open].
- After 1 hour take the cheesecake out of the oven and let it cool down.
- Once the cheesecake has cooled down, keep in the refrigerator for 24 hours or for a minimum of 6 hours.
Strawberry sauce
- Make the strawberry sauce by heating strawberries with 1 tablespoon water and granulated white sugar in a pan on medium heat.
- Stir till the sugar melts and dissolves completely, around 2-3 minutes.
- In a bowl, mix together fresh lemon juice and cornstarch.
- Add the cornstarch liquid to the strawberry sauce and cook for another 3-4 minutes or till the sauce thickens.
- Remove from heat. Let it cool down a bit.
Serve
- Pour the prepared strawberry sauce on top of the cheesecake and garnish with white chocolate curls.
- Cut the cheesecake into slices, top with some whipped cream and serve.
- Category: Dessert, Baking