Strawberry rhubarb cheesecake for Father’s Day! My in-laws, and especially my father-in-law, are big fans of cheesecake, so it was the natural choice for Father’s Day. The big question was the flavor. That ended up being a no-brainer as well. The week of father’s day we got both rhubarb and strawberries in our CSA share, so I knew I had to use them. Rather than try to get super fancy and flavor the actual cheesecake, I decided to go more traditional and put a layer of compote on top.
I made (way more than I needed) compote following this recipe from Laylita’s Recipes. It’s basically equal parts strawberries and rhubarb, with some sugar and water and a bit of lemon juice, that you cook down for a while. I ended up adding a small amount of cornstarch because it wasn’t getting as thick as I wanted naturally. I wanted to make sure it would stand as a layer on top of the cheesecake and not make a runny mess. I want strawberry rhubarb cheesecake, not strawberry rhubarb soup.
With the compote ready I moved on to the cheesecake. I have tried all of, no-bake, water bath, and just plain baked before, and I like just plain baked the best. I’m sure you can make great cheesecake all these ways, but I’ve had bad luck with the others.
My go-to recipe (after my previous mixed results) is Sugar Spun Run’s “The Best Cheesecake Recipe”. So far at least in my experience, it really is the best cheesecake recipe.
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Putting it Together
To put it all together I made some fresh whipped cream and piped a border. I then poured in some compote and spread it out. Between the whipped cream border and the thickness of the compote, I had zero running issues. To top it off I made a (barely artistic) center flourish with some more whipped cream and slices of strawberry.
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