Crème Fraîche No-Bake Cheesecake
Reprinted with permission from The Eli’s Cheesecake Cookbook: Remarkable Recipes from a Chicago Legend (Agate Midway, 2015).
Yield: 8 4-ounce servings
1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin powder
2/3 cup granulated sugar, divided
2 large egg yolks, room temperature
2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temperature
3/4 cup crème fraîche
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
To make a sabayon, place 2 cups water in a saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Place a medium heatproof bowl on top of boiling water and add 1/3 cup sugar and egg yolks to bowl. Whisk vigorously until fluffy ribbons form and mixture reaches 150 degrees. Remove from heat and whisk in bloomed gelatin until mixture is fully combined. Set aside.
In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat cream cheese on medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes until smooth and free of lumps.
Resume mixing at medium speed. Add, 1 at a time, remaining 1/3 cup sugar, crème fraîche, and heavy cream to bowl of mixer and beat on medium speed for 1 to 2 minutes, until mixture is smooth and creamy. Scrape down sides and bottom of mixer bowl and add vanilla. Using a
wooden spoon or silicone spatula, stir until fully combined.
Fold cream cheese mixture into sabayon. Pour immediately into serving containers to set before serving. Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin powder
2/3 cup granulated sugar, divided
2 large egg yolks, room temperature
2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temperature
3/4 cup crème fraîche
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
To make a sabayon, place 2 cups water in a saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Place a medium heatproof bowl on top of boiling water and add 1/3 cup sugar and egg yolks to bowl. Whisk vigorously until fluffy ribbons form and mixture reaches 150 degrees. Remove from heat and whisk in bloomed gelatin until mixture is fully combined. Set aside.
In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat cream cheese on medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes until smooth and free of lumps.
Resume mixing at medium speed. Add, 1 at a time, remaining 1/3 cup sugar, crème fraîche, and heavy cream to bowl of mixer and beat on medium speed for 1 to 2 minutes, until mixture is smooth and creamy. Scrape down sides and bottom of mixer bowl and add vanilla. Using a
wooden spoon or silicone spatula, stir until fully combined.
Fold cream cheese mixture into sabayon. Pour immediately into serving containers to set before serving. Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.