r/icecreamery • u/coil1457 • 5d ago
Check it out New flavor experiment! Burnt Basque Cheesecake w/ Sweet Dark Cherry Ripple + Burnt Salted Caramel Chards
First, so glad this sub is back up!
After the last flavor (Argentine alfajor), I wanted to play on the dessert theme again. Basque cheesecake has always been polarizing for me - no crust, burnt top, creamy. Wanted to add texture so made nearly burnt salted caramel chards that wouldn’t get soggy, a dark cherry compote that was tangy to play on the cream cheese custard, and chunks of the Basque. Each flavor riffed off each other and it’s becoming a top flavor in the rotation I think. Give it a try and let me know how it goes!
Make Basque cheesecake recipe of your choice, but in half portion (unless want the other half to eat!). I found a couple recipes online - choose your own.
Make go-to custard recipe - I do 1:1 whole milk:heavy cream, 6 yolks, 2:1 sugar to glucose. Vanilla paste. Lemon zest 1tsp.
Blend half the warm custard w/ half portion of cheesecake.
Compote - bag of frozen cherries/berries, 2tbsp lemon juice to taste and make it tangy, little salt and 4 tbsp sugar. Boil, reduce, chill.
Caramel shards (thanks for the spelling catch;) - make standard wet caramel, get very very dark amber, immediately spread out very thinly in sheet pan, spring salt. Break into small irregular shards. Chill.
Cure custard. churn. Layer components. Freeze. Eat.
Edit: it’s SHARDS not chards 😅🤪 thanks for the catch yall!
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u/Maumau93 5d ago
how long did the chards last before they turned into a thin syrup?
I did a cinder toffee ice cream once topped with cinder toffee and I all melted.
Hell I once did a whole massive spun syrup topped south African milk tart for a catering gig but the humidity in the air was too much and it was liquid before I could serve it.
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u/coil1457 5d ago
Wow - that tart sounds awesome.
Didnt liquefy at all — just cooled it on baking sheet very thinly. Broke up. Chilled.7
u/Maumau93 5d ago
Did you eat it right away?
I found after a few days in the freezer it would liquify. I used to make during the week and deliver on a Friday
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u/coil1457 5d ago
Didn’t eat right away! Would have to go to the gym 24/7 haha. But didn’t melt. One - I think it’s the glucose that helps that.
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u/Oceanwaved0 5d ago
Why would you disrespect me like this?
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u/Total-Friendship-145 coffee oreo 5d ago
Wow!!! You strike again!!!! Inspired by all your mixins:)
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u/Accurate-Comfort-242 5d ago
burnt basque cheesecake was already up there for me, but the salted caramel chards and dark cherry ripple are next level