Crowdie Raspberry Cheesecake

I was privileged to spend an hour or so at Connage Dairy this week having a tour of their cheese factory, a really impressive operation and some superb cheese. I left with a small bag of samples which I'm enjoying. Their Clava cheese is a brie style cheese second to none I have tried in the UK and their lovely creamy Crowdie is a great full fat cheese, perfect for a cheese cake, and needs no cream to be added.

Here's my Crowdie cheesecake (shamelessly made from fridge leftovers) ... I'd probably use a little less base and more cheese next time but I only had half a pot of cheese left after eating the rest with some smoked salmon last night !

Ingredients:
10 raspberries
Raspberry liquor
1/2 sheet gelatine
1/2 small Crowdie
72% Chocolate
Clarified butter
Cornflakes

Method:
Blitz cornflakes till crumbly. Heat equal quantities of chocolate and clarified butter together and blend, mix with cornflakes to a just dry mix. Press mix into base of a cooking ring.
Mix Crowdie with raspberry liquor till smooth and a nice cheesy sweet mix, add on top of crumble base.
Place half raspberries on top of cheese, heat the other half with a little liquor then add gelatine. Sieve then pour clear jelly on top of cake.
Remove ring carefully and fridge for 30min before serving
Delicious !

4 comments:

  1. Wow. Both look incredible. You are so talented. When are you opening a restaurant so we can come and sample your food?

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  2. Hi Mat
    I am up for a blogging award. Will you vote for me? It's at http://www.dorsetcereals.co.uk/little-blog-awards/nomination/247
    My blog is meetandtwoveg
    Thanks! Really appreciate it!
    Emily

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  3. have voted and already had you bookmarked ... good luck and thanks !

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  4. you didnt really say anything about which type of gelatine sheet, silver, gold or platnium?

    my guess is its silver!

    grats on winning masterchef though!

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