I won't call it Inside-out Cheesecake

It's a Cheesecake Sphere, dressed up as a Christmas ball ornament.

Remember back in September when I made a layered Pannacotta for a new blog event called "Probocación", created by my Spanish friends from Blogolosas? If you don't know about this event, it's really fun. We are not challenged with a recipe, but with an image, and then have to make a creation based on it. This time we were invited to create something with a sphere shape, the idea came from this image.

These are made out of cooked cheesecake, thas is shaped inside a rounded cookie crust (with a previous coat of white chocolate) and with a little hole in the center where a bit of strawberry jam is placed. Two halfs are used to create 1 sphere glued in middle in a drop of white chocolate.

I guess you can think of it as an inside-out cheesecake, but since I've allready made some inside-out stuff before, I'm not going to be the one calling it that, or you might think I have some sort of inside-out paranoia. And that would be just weird...

Warning: These are not suited to play golf with!

CHEESECAKE SPHERES

Crust:

• 140 gr/5 oz cookie crumbs (I've used oatmeal cookies)
• 2 tbsp melted butter

Cheesecake:

• 180 gr/6.5 oz cream cheese
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp milk
• 1 tbsp corn flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 tsp salt

Assembly:

• White chocolate
• Strawberry jam (or any other flavour)
• Rolled fondant (optional)

Preparation: With a small brush pain a thin layer of white chocolate inside half sphere molds (I've used an ice plastic mold with that shape). Let it dry.

Crust: Mix the crumbs with the butter until you have a wet sand consistency. Shape inside the molds, puting the crust arround its walls. Take to the freezer to harden.

Filling: Beat the cream cheese with the sugar. Add the egg and vanilla. Mix in the milk, sifted corn flour and salt. Beat until all blended. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 325ºF (170ºC) for about 20 minutes, depending on the pan you'll use (I've used a small rounded pan). Let the cheesecake cool completely before handling. When cool, scoop tsps of it and place inside the molds, pressing slightly. Make a small hole with your finger or the back of a knife (to put the jam after). Take to the freezer for 10 m to harden a bit.

Assembly: Put the jam on the little hole you made in the cheesecake and again take to the frezzer. Carefully unmold, fliping the mold onto a table. If it's cold enough they will come out perfectly. You're now left with half spheres (2nd picture). Melt a little bit of white chocolate and put a drop in half the spheres, glue the other half on top and take back to the freezer (a few minutes are enough). You can eat them as such (3rd picture) or cover with a thin layer of fondant and decorate it. Since Christmas is arround the corner a Christmas ball seamed a good choice.

En Español: Otra Probocación! El reto este més era hacer esferas, y yo las hice de Tarta de Queso y además vestiditas de bola de árbol de Navidad!

ESFERAS DE TARTA DE QUESO

Masa de galleta:

• 140gr de polvo de galletas (yo use galletas de avena)
• 2 cucharadas de mantequilla derretida

Tarta de queso:

• 180gr queso cremoso
• 1 huevo
• 1 cucharada leche
• 1 cucharada amido de maiz
• 1/3 taza azúcar

Montaje:

• Chocolate blanco
• Mermelada de fresa (o otro sabor)
• Fondant (opcional)

En un molde de medias esferas (yo use uno de hacer hielo) se pinta una capa de chocolate blanco con una brochita. Llevar al congelador. Se hace la masa de galletas, mezclando el polvo con la mantequilla. presione la masa en las paredes del molde. Se lleva de nuevo al frio. Para la tarta: Se bate el queso con el azúcar, se añade el huevo y vanilla. Se añado por fin la sal, leche y el amido (tamizado). Batir un poco más y llevar al horno a 170ºC, más o menos 20 minutos. Dejar enfriar por completo y despues sacar cucharadas y moldearlas dentro del molde, haciendo un poco de presión. Hacer un huequito con el dedo para hacer espacio para la mermelada. Llevar de buevo al congelador por unos minutos. Sacar y rellenar los huequitos con la mermelada. Después de llevar al frio un poco más, desmoldar con cuidado y pegar las mitades (foto 2) con un poquito de chocolate blanco derretido. Llevar una ultima vez al congelador para que las esferas se queden bien pegadas. Se pueden forrar con fondant y decorar a gusto o comer asi mismo (foto 3).

Le quieres pegar un bocado, a mi probocado?

Do you care for a ball bite?

You can check the other spheres here, just follow the links on the comments.