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Plum Wine Rare Cheesecake

Culinary Workshop - Culinary Art - 2011.June.

Kanjuku Umeshu

Ingredients (For 3 wine glasses)

Cream cheese 50g ... Soften at room temperature
Sugar 15g
Umeshu (plum wine) 50ml
Lemon juice 1 tsp
Powdered gelatin 4g ... Soak in 20ml water
Fresh cream 60ml ... Whisk to soft peaks
Plums soaked in umeshu As needed ... Finely chopped
Oreo cookies As needed

Umeshu Sauce

Umeshu (plum wine) 50ml
Sugar 10g
Lemon juice 1/2 tsp
Cornstarch 2/3 tsp ... Dissolve in 1 tsp water

Steps

  1. Make the umeshu sauce: In a small pot, combine the umeshu and sugar, and heat. Thicken with cornstarch dissolved in water, then add the lemon juice.
  2. In a bowl, combine the cream cheese and sugar, whisking until smooth.
  3. Add the umeshu and lemon juice to the mixture in step 2, mixing thoroughly.
  4. Add the gelatin, melted over a water bath, to the mixture from step 3.
  5. Gently fold the whisked fresh cream (soft peaks) into the mixture from step 4.
  6. In a wine glass, layer crumbled Oreo cookies at the bottom, pour the mixture from step 4 over it, and chill in the refrigerator. Top with umeshu sauce, additional cookie crumbs, chopped plum, and herbs for garnish.