Mascarpone Fruits Dream - No-Bake Cheesecake

This decadent fruit and mascarpone dessert is so easy to make and so delicious! With a crumbly biscuit base and mascarpone filling flavored with subtle coffee, this no-bake cheesecake is topped with fresh fruits. A delicate mousse cake that is rich, flavorful, and not overly sweet.

Tips how to make the biscuit crust:

1. Instead of digestive biscuits, you can use graham crackers or shortbread biscuit.

If you use graham crackers, add 2 or 3 tablespoons of brown sugar.

2. To crush the biscuit: Add cookies to a large freezer bag and and crush with a rolling pin until you get fine crumbs;

3. You can use a food processor or blender to grind up the biscuits;

4. Refrigerate the crust for at least 30 min before filling it. Chilling the crust before adding the filling solidifies the melted butter mixture, ensuring a compact crust.

Tips how to make the cream:

1. Fold the whipped cream into the mascarpone filling gently so you don’t deflate the air. The air creates a delicious mousse-like consistency and solidifies the filling in the refrigerator.

2. Refrigerate the cheesecake for at least 4 hours, but overnight is better, for a sturdy no-bake cheesecake with beautifully neat slices.

How to dissolve gelatine leaves

Soak gelatine leaves in a bowl of cold water for 5-10 minutes or until soft. Remove from bowl and squeeze out excess water. To dissolve the leaves, slowly warm the mixture to a low heat and add the soaked gelatine leaves.

Photos Recipe, Step by Step: Make The Crust:

Make The Cream:

Ingredients

Serves 8-10

For the Crust

250g digestive biscuits, crushed
1/2 orange, juice
40 ml milk chocolate, melted
60g unsalted butter, melted

For the Filling

250g mascarpone
4 tsp coffee powder
3 tsp hot water
4 gelatine sheets
125 ml whipping cream
4 Tbsp superfine sugar
1 packet (1 1/2 tsp) vanilla sugar

For the Glaze and Fruit Topping

4 gelatine sheets
50 ml apricot juice
assorted fruit (apricots -fresh or canned, strawberries, mandarin, peaches, blueberries, raspberries) - sliced into wedges

Video Recipe - Step by Step

Method

Prepare the Crust

1. Grease and line with parchment paper a 20 cm (8-inch ) springform pan. Place the biscuits in a large plastic bag, Ziplock type, and crush them with the help of a rolling pin. until they look like a coarse crumb.

2. In a saucepan, over low heat, melt de butter. Add the chopped chocolate. Remove from heat and stir until the chocolate is melted.

3. In a medium bowl, add the crushed biscuits. Stir in the orange juice and melted butter-chocolate, until well incorporated. Press onto the bottom of the prepared pan. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Prepare the Filling

4. In a small saucepan, soak the gelatine with water, for 5 minute, until soft.

5. Meanwhile, dissolve the coffee powder in hot water. In a large bowl, cream the mascarpone with coffee.

6. In a medium bowl, beat the whipping cream with sugar, and vanilla sugar, until stiff peaks. Gradually, fold the whipped cream into the mascarpone mixture. 8. Heat the gelatine over low heat, stirring until gelatine is dissolved. Remove from the heat, and allow to cool slightly. Gradually stir the gelatine into cream mixture. Spread the cream onto crust. Refrigerate for 3 hours.

Prepare the Glaze

9. Soak gelatine leaves in a bowl of cold water for 5-10 minutes or until soft. Meanwhile, arrange the fruits over the cream.

10. Gently squeeze the water out of the gelatine sheets. In a saucepan, over low heat, combine the gelatine with the juice apricot. Stir until completely dissolved. Let it slightly cool. Pour over the fruits and refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight.

Enjoy!

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