Date Baklava Cheesecake

Prep Time 25 mins
Cook Time 35 mins
Total Time 1 hr
Ratings: 4 from 1 votes
Cuisine: ,
Courses:
Servings: 12
Description

Date Cheesecake Baklava is a delicious dessert that combines the ultimate flavors of Baklava and Cheesecake with a special sweet date paste. You will fall in love with every bite!

Ingredients
    Cream Layer
  • 1/2 Pack of Phyllo sheets (Preferably the Turkish Baklava ones)
  • 200 g Mascarpone
  • 400 g Full Fat Cream Cheese (Philadelphia)
  • 230 g Soured Cream
  • 270 g Whipping Cream
  • 100 g Melted unsalted Butter
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 3 Large eggs (at room temperature)
  • 2 tbsp Corn Starch
  • 1 tbsp All purpose Flour
  • 1 tbsp Vanila extract
    • Date Layer
  • 250 g Date paste
  • 3/4 cup Milk
  • 1 tsp Orange Blossom
    • Nut layer
  • 120 g Crushed Pistachios (And Extra to garnish)
  • 180 g Crushed Walnuts
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp Orange Blossom
  • 2 tbsp Simple Syrup (Baklava syrup)
Instructions
    Prepare your cake tin
  1. 1

    Pre heat the oven to 200c, and lightly grease a 9inch springform pan. 

  2. 2

    Cut the large pack of phyllo baklava sheets in half and start layering them in the cake tin 2 layers at a time followed by a generous brush of the melted butter. 

  3. 3
    Continue with this process until half of of the pack is used up. The sides should be falling out of the sides. 
    4. Prepare the cheesecake batter
  4. 4
    In a small bowl, mix the corn starch and flour and set aside.
  5. 5

    In a large mixing bowl, add the room temperature cream cheese, sour cream, cream mascarpone, whipping cream and vanilla. Whisk them all until well blended and creamy.

  6. 6
    Sift in the flour mixture and fold it in the batter until well combined.
  7. 7
    In another bowl, whisk the eggs with sugar until light and fluffy.
  8. 8

    Once the egg and sugar are fully blended, start folding them into the cheesecake batter and mix until everything is fully combined.

    9. Set nuts layer
  9. 9

    In a separate bowl, mix the crushed walnuts and pistachios, cinnamon, orange blossom, and simple syrup. 

  10. 10

    Layer this mixture in the cake tin on top of the phyllo sheets. Press down to form a solid layer. 

    11. Set the date layer
  11. 11

    Place the date paste, milk, and orange blossom in a sauce pan and start mixing on medium heat to soften the mixture. 

  12. 12

    Layer the date paste on top of the nuts in the tin and smooth it out. 

    13. Finalize the date cheesecake baklava
  13. 13

    Pour the cheesecake mixture on top. Give the tin a tap and crunch all the sheets of phyllo around the edges back around the edges of the cheesecake tin. 

  14. 14

    Place the tin in the oven to bake on a 200c fan for 35 minutes. 

  15. 15

    After this switch off the oven and leave the cheesecake inside. If you bring it out the sudden change of temperature will cause a crack on the surface of the cheese cake. 

  16. 16

    Place the cheesecake in the fridge for at least 6 hours to set, garnish, and serve to enjoy. 

Read it online: https://peanutswirls.com/recipe/date-baklava-cheesecake/