Recipes and pairings

PROSECCO CHEESECAKE

Recommended in combination

Numero 1 Extra Dry Sparkling Wine

Preparation: 45’
Difficulty: easy

INGREDIENTS

200gr of dry biscuits
80gr of butter
300gr of spreadable fresh cheese
50gr of fresh liquid cream
9gr of gelatine sheets
80gr of icing sugar
100ml of Numero 1 Extra Dry Sparkling Wine
1 vanilla pod
200gr of strawberries

With the arrival of summer and hot weather, spending the day among pots, oven and stove is certainly not ideal, but that does not mean you have to give up experimenting and treat yourself to a nice dessert.

A Prosecco Cheesecake is an ideal dessert for the summer season, a fresh, quick and delicious recipe. Prepared and accompanied by one of Valdo's finest Sparkling Wines, which is characterized by a bouquet of intense aromas of ripe fruit and a delicate presence of wild apple and banana, this traditional American dessert takes on a more refined taste.

PREPARATION

To prepare this tasty cheesecake, first, devote yourself to the base by finely crushing the biscuits. Add the melted butter to the crushed biscuits and stir until evenly combined. Pour the mixture into a hinged mould, compacting it well on the bottom and place it in the refrigerator for half an hour.

Then start with the preparation of the cream: soak the gelatine in a little cold water. In a small saucepan, heat the cream without bringing it to a boil, then drain and squeeze the gelatine carefully and mix it with the cream until it is completely dissolved.

While the cream cools off, pour the cheese into a bowl. Beat it with an electric whisk, then gradually add the Sparkling Wine and the seeds of the vanilla pod. Lastly, add the icing sugar and mix well.

Finally, add the cream that you cooled off previously to the mixture, blending well: Then pour the cream obtained above onto the base which is now firm and compact. Evenly level the cream and place the cheesecake back in the refrigerator for a minimum of four hours.

As a final touch, wash and cut the strawberries into small pieces and arrange them as desired on the surface of the cake before serving: the natural sweetness of the strawberries blends perfectly with the characteristic flavour of the cheesecake and Valdo Cuvée Viviana.

A glass of this special Valdo Prosecco will be the perfect finishing touch.

CURIOSITIES

The first cheesecake was originally created in Greece, on the island of Samos, roughly in 2,000 BC. The ancient Greeks used only flour, wheat, honey and cheese to prepare it and served it as a wedding cake. It was the Romans, after conquering Greece, who spread the cheesecake throughout Europe, and centuries later, the cheesecake appeared in America in several local variations. The modern cheesecake we all know, aka New York Cheesecake, was created in 1872 in New York City, by William Lawrence, quite accidentally, while trying to recreate French Neufchâtel cheese.

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