Christmas cheesecake with pumpernickel base and orange cream
Ingredients
For the base
- 150 grams of Mestemacher pumpernickel
- 50 grams of chopped almonds
- 150 grams of dark chocolate
For the cake mixture
- 200 grams of dark chocolate
- 150 grams of mascarpone
- 600 grams of cream cheese
- 50 grams of sugar
- 1 tsp. of cinnamon
For the orange cream
- 130 ml orange juice
- 2 tbsp. of cornflour
- 1 orange
A little bit of grated chocolate
Preparation
- Crumble the pumpernickel and mix with the almonds.
- Melt the chocolate in a water bath and then fold in the pumpernickel mixture. Pour the mixture into dessert rings and leave to cool down for about 20 minutes.
- Melt the chocolate for the cheesecake layer in a water bath. Allow to cool. Meanwhile beat the mascarpone and cream curd cheese in a bowl until frothy. Stir in sugar and cinnamon. Carefully fold in the melted chocolate. Spread the finished mixture on the pumpernickel base and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Peel the orange and cut into small pieces. Dissolve the starch in some orange juice. Bring the juice with the orange pieces to a boil while stirring all the time, add the dissolved starch and mix well. Briefly bring to a boil.
- Add the still warm orange cream to the cakes and garnish with grated chocolate.
Photo credits: Susanne Brauer