Description
Silky cream dessert nestles this heart of cream with blackberry glaze recipe between elegant French culinary traditions. Rich fruit reduction and delicate pastry cream invite passionate dessert enthusiasts to savor each luxurious spoonful.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ¼ cups (300 mL) heavy whipping cream
- 6 oz (170 g) cream cheese, room temperature
- ½ cup + 2 tbsps (140 g) powdered sugar
- ½ pint (240 g) blackberries, rinsed
- ¼ cup (60 mL) strawberry preserves
- 3 tbsps (45 g) granulated sugar
- 2 tbsps (30 mL) water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp lemon zest
Instructions
- Preparation: Line a heart-shaped porcelain mold with cheesecloth, ensuring fabric edges extend beyond the rim.
- Cream Cheese Blend: Whip cream cheese and powdered sugar using an electric mixer until silky and smooth, creating a luxurious base.
- Whipped Cream Creation: Whisk heavy cream to soft peaks, then incorporate vanilla extract and lemon zest, continuing until stiff peaks form.
- Combining Mixtures: Delicately fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture, blending until completely uniform with no visible streaks.
- Molding: Carefully spoon the combined cream mixture into the cheesecloth-lined mold, smoothing the surface with an offset spatula and neatly folding overhanging cloth edges.
- Chilling: Refrigerate for 2-3 hours, allowing the dessert to set and develop a rich, creamy consistency.
- Blackberry Glaze: Simmer blackberries, sugar, water, and lemon juice in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally until the mixture thickens and berries break down.
- Glaze Preparation: Remove from heat, cool completely, then strain through a fine-mesh sieve to create a smooth sauce.
- Serving: Unmold the cream heart onto a decorative plate, gently removing the cheesecloth, and generously drizzle with the chilled blackberry glaze, optionally garnishing with fresh blackberries.
Notes
- Fabric Positioning: Ensure cheesecloth drapes generously over mold edges to simplify unmolding and create smooth surface.
- Cream Cheese Technique: Beat until completely smooth, scraping bowl sides to prevent lumps and achieve silky texture.
- Whipping Precision: Watch cream carefully while whisking; soft peaks mean mixture should gently fall when beater is lifted, preventing over-beating.
- Cooling Strategy: Allow blackberry glaze to cool completely before straining to intensify flavor and achieve optimal sauce consistency.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 7
- Calories: 273
- Sugar: 24 g
- Sodium: 58 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 13 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 77 mg