Ingredients

  • 1 pound cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup grated Cheddar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1 1/4 pounds creme fraiche
  • 1 pound, plus 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 ounces glucose
  • 2 teaspoons pectin
  • 8 ounces bloody mary mix
  • 8 ounces blood orange puree
  • 2 teaspoons citric acid
  • Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Method

  • For the Cheddar cream cheesecake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Beat the cream cheese and Cheddar in a mixing bowl until soft.
  • Beat in the sugar and vanilla until fluffy.
  • Mix together the yolks, egg and milk.
  • Add to the mixer on low speed.
  • Add the creme fraiche.
  • Pour into flexi-molds with 2.5-inch cavities and bake for about 22 minutes.
  • Let cool, then freeze.
  • For the pate de fruit: Weigh out 1 pound sugar in a small bowl with the glucose in the center.
  • Mix together the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and the pectin in a separate bowl.
  • Bring the bloody mary mix and blood orange puree to a boil.
  • Gradually stir in the sugar and pectin mix.
  • Stir in the sugar and glucose mix in three stages while maintaining a boil.
  • When the temperature reaches 219 degrees F, turn off the heat.
  • Add the citric acid.
  • Pour into desired molds or frames.
  • Cool to set.
  • Cut into 2-inch rounds
  • Remove the cheesecakes from the mold.
  • Top half the cheesecakes with pieces of pate de fruit.
  • Top with the remaining cheesecakes and dust with confectioners' sugar.
  • Heat up a metal skewer with a blow torch or over a flame and use it to make grill mark impressions on the sandwiches.