Trifle cheesecake with dried cherries, orange and lavender flowers
Trifle is a dessert that is assembled in layers from what is on hand. Pieces of cake, biscuit crust, ready-made cookies are layered with custard or cheese cream, soaked in syrup, fruits and berries are added and decorated with whipped cream. Usually trifle is prepared in a transparent large vase, but we have prepared a portioned version.
Ingredients
Servings 7- 250 g Philadelphia cheese
- 100 g powdered sugar
- 250 g cream 33%
- 2-3 drops of food coloring (pink, yellow, purple)
- 40 g candied lavender petals
- 2-3 drops of lavender essence
- zest from half an orange
- 40 g of dried cherries
- 2-3 drops cherry essence
- 200 g savoiardi cookies
- a few mint leaves
Cooking
Step 1
Combine cheese and powdered sugar in a bowl, beat until smooth and fluffy.
Step 2
Whip half the cream to stiff peaks.
Step 3
Combine both mixtures, transfer to an airtight container, refrigerate for 3 hours.
Step 4
Divide the chilled mixture into 3 parts, add a certain food coloring to each. Mix each part well so that the dye is evenly distributed.
Step 5
Add orange peel to the yellow mass, finely chopped dried cherries and cherry essence to the pink mass, lavender petals and lavender essence to the purple mass.
Step 6
Crumble the Savoiardi in a blender. Transfer the cream to pastry bags with a wide nozzle.
Step 7
Sprinkle savoiardi crumbs on the bottom of serving glasses, squeeze orange cream onto ¼ glass, sprinkle savoiardi again, squeeze out cherry cream, repeat the same with lavender cream.
Step 8
Whip the second half of the cream until stiff peaks, using a pastry syringe, squeeze it onto the top of the dessert. Garnish with mint.