Sunday, December 16, 2012

Passion fruit Cheese Crepe

I just bought a recipe book of cheese dessert and snack a week ago and been trying to find time to make this recipe. Finally after buying all the ingredients yesterday I just can't wait to try it :)














Ingredients :

Bottom layer :
150 gr plain crackers, crushed using blender 
50 gr unsalted butter (personally I think this might need to add maybe 50 - 100 gr more to be 100-150 gr)

Crepe :
100 gr medium protein wheat flour
30 gr maizena (cornstarch)
2 Tbsp powdered sugar
4 egg yolks
1/4 tsp salt
300 ml milk 
1 tsp vanilla paste
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
1 Tbsp cooking oil (I used olive oil)

Cream Cheese :
300 ml fresh heavy cream
300 gr cream cheese, room temperature, soften
100 gr white cooking chocolate, melt ( I water bath or Au ban Marie it)
100 gr passion fruit juice
3 sheets of gelatin : mix with water approx. 75-100 ml, dissolved it, then water bath or Au ban Marie the mixture

Top jelly :
100 gr passion fruit, use the inside only (including the seeds)
25 ml passion fruit juice
1 tsp jelly powder
200 ml water
3 drops of bright yellow food coloring


How to make :

Bottom layer :
  • Stir well all the bottom layer ingredient. 
  • Flatten and condensed in a 20 cm diameter round cake mold (which sides can be opened), which base has been covered with baking paper. 
  • Chilled in the fridge.

Crepe :
  • Sift flour, maizena and powdered sugar, set a side.
  • Beat the egg yolks and salt, insert the milk gradually until it become smooth, add vanilla paste and melted butter
  • Pour the batter mixture gradually to the sifted flour mix while stirring.
  • Add the cooking oil evenly on the 22 cm griddle surface which has been heated.
  • Start making the crepes with the batter mixture, it will generate around 10 crepes (I used around 7) make sure not to make it too thick. (Only cook on 1 side, don't flip it)

Cream Cheese :
  • Cream : whisk the fresh heavy cream using standing mixer until it holds stiff (make sure not to overdone it since it will melt if you overdo it). Set aside.
  • Whisk with a hand mixer : cream cheese, melted white cooking chocolate and the passion fruit juice until smooth. Add the gelatin mixture, beat well. Add the whisked cream gradually

Assemble the cake :
  • Pour gradually the cream cheese mixture on top of the bottom layer evenly for a thickness around 2-5 mm (to your liking)
  • Put a crepe on top of it.
  • Repeat this until cream cheese mixture is all used, make sure that the cream cheese mixture is the final top (around 3-5 mm below from the top side of the cake mold).
  • Cover the top with plastic cling wrap, refrigerate.

Top Jelly :
  • Mix in a sauce pan : jelly powder, passion fruit juice and water, bring to boil.
  • Cool the mixture, add the passion fruit. Cool it again, make sure the mixture is not warm, as this will melt our cake.
  • Pour the mixture on top of the assembled cake, refrigerate until the cake hold stiff (around 1-2 hours)
After cake is stiff, release the side of the cake mold slowly, then you can start to cut and enjoy :)


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