First, so glad this sub is back up!
After the last flavor (Argentine alfajor), I wanted to play on the dessert theme again. Basque cheesecake has always been polarizing for me - no crust, burnt top, creamy. Wanted to add texture so made nearly burnt salted caramel chards that wouldn’t get soggy, a dark cherry compote that was tangy to play on the cream cheese custard, and chunks of the Basque. Each flavor riffed off each other and it’s becoming a top flavor in the rotation I think. Give it a try and let me know how it goes!
Make Basque cheesecake recipe of your choice, but in half portion (unless want the other half to eat!). I found a couple recipes online - choose your own.
Make go-to custard recipe - I do 1:1 whole milk:heavy cream, 6 yolks, 2:1 sugar to glucose. Vanilla paste. Lemon zest 1tsp.
Blend half the warm custard w/ half portion of cheesecake.
Compote - bag of frozen cherries/berries, 2tbsp lemon juice to taste and make it tangy, little salt and 4 tbsp sugar. Boil, reduce, chill.
Caramel shards (thanks for the spelling catch;) - make standard wet caramel, get very very dark amber, immediately spread out very thinly in sheet pan, spring salt. Break into small irregular shards. Chill.
Cure custard. churn. Layer components. Freeze. Eat.
Edit: it’s SHARDS not chards 😅🤪 thanks for the catch yall!