2014情人节の芝士蛋糕 (Vanilla Cheesecake with Berries)

老外的食谱，对我来说多数都要经过少许的改变，才能顺利完成。原因是买不到材料，例如crème de cassis，相信在国外都不容易买到吧？我直接改用雪柜里用剩的蓝莓果酱作代替。心想老公不爱吃饼干之类的配料，就连A的材料都不准备了。由于时间不够，再加上我擅自改了少许材料，成品就就变得和原食谱的不一样了。没有隔夜的芝士蛋糕，看起来就就像雪糕一样，软绵绵

(Recipe Source: http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/chefs/gordon-ramsay/vanilla-cheesecake-recipe)

Ingredients:
A) For the Topping
8 Digestive Biscuits, 6 tbsp Castor Sugar, 75g Unsalted Butter

B) For the Berries
200g Blueberries, 100g Strawberries (sliced), 2 tbsp Castor Sugar, Splash of crème de cassis

C) For the Vanilla Cream Cheese
400g Cream Cheese, 6 tbsp Icing Sugar, Juice ½ Lemon, 1 Vanilla Pod (split), 600ml Double Cream, Icing Sugar to dust, Fresh mint to garnish

Method:

1. For the topping: grind the biscuits in a food processor. Melt the sugar in a heavy-based non-stick pan until it begins to caramelize  then carefully add the butter, shaking the pan to mix the caramel with the butter as it melts. Add the crushed biscuits and toss to coat in the caramel. Tip on to a plate, chill for 5 minutes until firm, then bash into rough crumbs.
2. Put 2 tbsp of sugar in a pan and tip in the blueberries and strawberries, add a splash of cassis. Cook over medium-high heat for a minute until the blueberries are slightly soft.
3. For the vanilla cream cheese, put the cream cheese in a large bowl. Add the seeds from the vanilla pod and icing sugar and beat until smooth, next add the lemon. In another bowl, lightly whip the cream to soft peaks, then fold into the cream cheese mixture.
4. Spoon the cream cheese mixture into the chef's ring and carefully remove the ring, using a blowtorch to loosen if necessary. Spoon the crumb mix on top of the cheese cakes and dress the fruit compote around the plate. Garnish with fresh mint.