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I'm in the mood for some sweet treats
so let's head back into the chamber
Okay so let's head back to The Deathday
Party in chapter eight to find out
what's next
And we really don't have to look very
far for our next recipe it's the next
part of the sentence from last week's
let's carry on
"there was a great maggoty haggis, a slab
of cheese
covered in furry green mould" Hopefully
that's not too off-putting! If you'd like
to recreate this cheesecake disguised as
a wheel of cheese then all the
ingredients, measurements and instructions that
you'll need are on my website
bradleybakes.co.uk the link is down
below
in the description so we are back with
another deathday party treat and today
is for cheese. Now I did think about
making some cheese from scratch
but i wanted to do something super
magical for this one - a little bit more
transfiguration and really bring out
those mouldy
elements of this dish so today we're
gonna make a cheesecake
disguised as a wheel of cheese so there
is gonna be cheese inside it as we'll
use cream cheese then we're gonna do
some decoration
bring out all of that mold and some
worms as well and the best thing about
this
is it's a no-bake cheesecake so it's
super easy to make which means you can
spend
a little bit of extra time bringing the
magic to life. First up we need to make
the cheesecake mix
so this is what you need to do. First up
we need to bloom our gelatin leaves so
for this i'm going to add the leaves
into some water
and set this aside for five minutes
until they go nice and soft
while that's blooming i'm going to get
myself a pan of hot water
and then place a bowl on top and then
add in my chocolate
stir this around until it's completely
melted and smooth
i'm placing my bowl back over the
simmering water and then adding in my
butter and my sugar mix this through
until it's nice and melted
and then i'm gonna squeeze off the
excess water from the gelatin
add that in and stir it until it's
dissolved
all that's left to do is mix in the rest
of our ingredients so i'm adding the
cream cheese into my mixer
and whisking that until smooth while
slowly pouring in the cream
Next add in your chocolate and your
melted butter and then carry on whisking
until the mixture starts to thicken up
slightly
To really bring out that cartoon-like
cheese colour I'm adding in some yellow
food coloring
and whisking that until it's evenly
combined
Before we start assembling the
cheesecake I'm also going to make a
buttery biscuit
base and this is going to be green for
the mold so i'm going to crush up some
gingernut biscuits in a blender to get
it nice and fine
and then add those into a bowl
Separately I've melted some butter and
colored this with green food coloring
and then poured that into the biscuit
mixing it through until it's nice and
evenly combined
Okay so that is all of our cheesecake
ingredients prepared we've got this
lovely green moldy biscuit base, our rich and
creamy no-bake cheesecake filling, so all that's left
to do is pop that into our tins and for
this one you want to get yourself a tin
that's got a removable bottom
just like this either a loose bottom tin
or a springform tin
that's gonna make it nice and easy for
us to get the cheesecake out afterwards
Okay we're gonna assemble this and then
get it in the fridge so it can start
setting
To make sure we get a nice cheese
illusion we want to make sure that all
of the outsides
are just cheesecake and then we're going
to sprinkle in that green mold in
between
to make sure it comes out nice and
neatly on the bottom i've cut myself
some baking paper and then placed that
into the bottom of my tin
Place a couple of spoonfuls of your
cheesecake filling in
and then smooth that over until it's
nice and level
sprinkle over your moldy biscuits so you
have a nice hidden layer
and then top it with some more of your
cheesecake filling
keep on going until you've used all of
your biscuits and then you want to
finish it with a final layer of
cheesecake so all the mold is hidden
inside
level this off and then we're going to
pop this into the fridge to set for at
least three hours, preferably overnight
Okay so our cheesecake is beautifully
set it's nice and firm
so all that to do is take it out the tin
and then add a few
final decorations i'm gonna use a
blowtorch just to make sure we get some
nice clean edges and I've got a few extra
decorations down here, some gummy worms to make them look like they're crawling
in and out of the cheese
and some of our leftover green moldy
biscuit base so
assemble that all up and i'll show you
one final trick to make this round of
cheesecake look
like a wheel of cheese. To remove the
cheesecake from the tin
light your blow torch and then gently
work it around the outside
warming the sides. This will help melt it just enough to help it slide out so I'm going
to place the tin on top of the glass
and then push it through you can then
carefully slide it off the bottom of the
tin and onto your serving board
now the trick to make this look like a
real wheel of cheese is to add
some cartoon like holes in so i've got
myself a jug of hot water
and placed my ice cream scoop in but you
can also use a spoon or a melon baller
if you don't have one
Once the spoon is hot you can then go in
and sporadically scoop out some circles
of your cheesecake
feel free to do as much or as little as
you like
And then for the final bit of decoration
i'm going to press some of my green
biscuits inside those holes and then
make it look like my little
gummy worms are crawling out
Keep on working your way around until
you're happy with the decorations
and then this cartoon-like cheesecake is
good to go!
It looks so cool we just might need to
take a picture
Say cheese!
So there you have it we've transformed a
traditional white chocolate no-bake
cheesecake
into something magical - that green mould looks a little bit disgusting but I
assure you it's going to taste
incredible
with that white chocolate filling. Let me
know down below in the comments, would
you give this one a go?
I can't resist! That is all for this
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It's cheesecake time for me so I'll see
you next week!
I'm not a fan of mouldy cheese but i
can't say no to this!
So good!
