Rose Cheese Cake

foodandmood.eu's Note:

This is one of our more secret recipe (our italian blog is “Ricette Segrete” wich means “Secret Recipes”) and once a year we try a new version. Here you can see a step by step video and below the recipe translated. This time we use 3 different kind of silicon pan, by Silikomart, an Italian company that sells worldwide.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 8

Yield: 12.0 muffin

For the base

• 150 g digestive biscuits
• 80 g melted butter

For the dough

• 300 g ricotta cheese
• 2 eggs
• 150 g sugar
• Cointreau liqueur , 3 teaspoon
• 3 gelatin , sheet
• 200 g sour cream
• 1 orange
• 1 lemon
• 1 lime

For strawberry jelly

• 250 g strawberries
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon Cointreau liqueur
• 2 gelatin , sheet

Directions:

1. Mix the biscuit crumbs and butter really well, then press on the base of a loose-bottomed 20cm cake tin. Chill.
2. Mix the strawberry with sugar and 1 tablespoon of Cointreau and gently simmering until becamo clear.
3. Put cold water in a small bowl, then sprinkle over the gelatine and leave to soak for 5 mins until spongy. Then sqeeze gelatine and put on fire in a litlle bowl with the strawberry souce, add another teaspoon of Cointreau and gently simmering until it turns clear. Put the result in the silicon rose pan (we use the Silikomart Pan, an italian company that sell around the world) and put in the fridge.
4. Beat the egg yolk with sugar than add ricotta cheese and orange, lemon and lime zest. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gently fold egg whites into cheese mixture adding whipped sour cream then stir in the gelatine and fold in the cream. Add the dough at the jelly already fridged and finally cover with the biscuit. Freeze all for 24 h.