White Chocolate and Ginger Cheesecake with Ginger Butterscotch Sauce
Just to let you know, this post was written before I started the paleo diet to help ease my psoriasis. Nowadays I eat a more allergy-friendly diet, but leave these older, non-paleo posts up in case they are useful to readers, as I know not everyone eats the same as I do. Thanks for your understanding.
I wanted the base to have a stronger ginger flavour, so made it with gingernut biscuits. If you wanted it to be more subtle, you could use half gingernuts and half digestives, I suppose. The cheesecake filling is based on a standard recipe: mascarpone, double cream and cream cheese - but it has 400g of melted white chocolate whisked into it. The white chocolate doesn't hit you straight away - there's a hint of its milky, vanilla flavour as you eat. And I love the gingery topping - drizzled over the cheesecake at the last minute - sweet, buttery and full of flavour. Enjoy!
White Chocolate and Ginger Cheesecake with Ginger Butterscotch Sauce
Serves 8-10
Ingredients
For the base:
- 300g gingernut biscuits
- 100 unsalted butter
For the filling:
- 300g Philadelphia soft cheese
- 250g mascarpone
- 150ml double cream
- 400g white chocolate, melted
For the ginger butterscotch sauce:
- 50g caster sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 120ml double cream
- half a piece (about 10g) stem ginger from a jar, chopped finely + a drizzle of syrup (about 1 tablespoon)
Method
- Cut a strip of greaseproof paper and lay across the base and up the sides of a 20cm circular cake tin. This will make it easier to lift the cheesecake out when its finished. Line the tin and the sides with a double layer of cling film, pressing it gently into the corners to create a defined shape.
- Blitz the biscuits in a processor until they resemble sandy crumbs. Melt the butter in a medium-sized frying pan and add the biscuits, stirring to coat. Cool slightly, and then press the biscuit base into the lined cake tin. Leave in the fridge for 30 minutes to set.
- To make the filling, mix together the Philadelphia, mascarpone, and double cream until smooth and all combined. Pour in the melted white chocolate and whisk together. Pour this over the biscuit base and smooth down with the back of a spoon of palette knife. Return to the fridge for a few hours - until set - or, even better, overnight.
- Once your cheesecake is set, make the sauce. Heat the sugar in a pan - not too hot or it will burn and taste bitter - until it just starts to form a golden caramel. Take off the heat and swirl in the butter. Pour in the cream, whisking all the time and finally add the chopped stem ginger and a tablespoon of the syrup from the jar. Stir, until it's all combined and smooth and drizzle over the finished cheesecake. This will keep for a couple of days in the fridge.
What do you think? Have you tried white chocolate and ginger together? What are your favourite white chocolate combinations?
oh wow this really looks wonderfully indulgent but with that unusual combination too. I too have tasted this at Wagamama (or wigwamamama as I like to call it) and it is a great combo... maybe a little lemongrass in there too would be good?
ReplyDeleteThat would be good Dom - and it is a bit indulgent to be honest - you only need a small slice! But I loved it and this won't be the end of my white choc and ginger adventures! Thanks for coming by and having a look at this :)
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ReplyDeleteFantastic, thanks CJ. So kind of you and glad that you're enjoying the posts!
DeleteI love the cheesecake at Wagamamas and what a brilliant idea to create your very own- delicious!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I firstly tried it out of curiosity but surprisingly, the flavours worked really well together!
ReplyDeleteYum, I've added thin slices of stem ginger to the base and some syrup in the cheesecake mix. Thanks for sharing :)
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ReplyDeleteI made them as a wedding cake for my brother in Law and colored the white chocolate ping as their theme was pink, so beautiful and it tasted excelent!
Marijke
Wonderful news Marijke! Glad you liked it :)
Deleteyou're pretty tough to be able to crush gingernuts for the base! I used digestives in my recipe and added ginger ;)
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Hmmm, I think we might have taken inspiration from the same recipe when trying to replicate this one... Still, I used French cream instead (home made)
Going to make this on Boxing Day....had it at Waggers! the other night... daughter has requested it, your recipe seems about right, will do a chili toffee sauce though, to add some heat, and to take the richness off the dessert...wish me luck!!
ReplyDeleteI made this as a Christmas Day dessert as an alternative to Christmas pud and it went down a storm. I love the Wagamama version and this recipe didn’t disappoint.
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