How To Serve Elegant Cheesecake
Whenever you decide to add a luscious cheesecake as your dessert, make sure its appearance on the plate is as elegant as the as the sweet morsel, itself. A meal, particularly at the finish, should stimulate the visual sense too. These are some thought, although you may add your own personal creativity.
New York Style Cheesecake is probably the favorite of all the cheesecake varieties. Maybe it is the most popular of all desserts. It is positively the most readily adapted to a variety of flavor additions. I like to surround it with fresh raspberries for a color contrast. The berries tart flavor offer a counterpoint to the rich sweetness of the cheesecake.
Blueberry Cheesecake: Purchase a high quality blueberry preserve. Stir in enough lemon juice to dilute the preserves so that it will come off a teaspoon on its own. Drizzle the diluted preserves in a zigzag pattern across the cake. The tartness of the lemon juice will provide a nice counterpoint to the sweet taste of the preserves and cake.
Turtle Cheesecake is already a smyphony of colors, textures and tastes. Instead of seeking a counterpoint, which might disturb the balance, drip a semicircle of chocolate syrup around one side of the plate and semicircle of caramel around the other side.
Pumpkin Cheesecake, a holiday season favorite, is even smoother than the more traditional pumpkin pie. Cut a festive hole in some paper–tree shaped or a five pointed star. Center the paper over the top of the slice. In the hole, gently shake cinnamon.
Low Carb Cheesecakes: A mint sprig positioned on one side of the cheesecake will make this diet dessert seem even more wonderful without adding any unnecessary carbs.
The presentation is impacted not just by what’s on the plate but additionally by the nature of the platter, itself. Certainly, the small plates that are part of your china set will serve your purpose. But the additional storage areas in modern homes permit many of us to have more creative alternatives. People have unique salsa and chip servers, as opposed to the widespread bowls. Why not choose plates that you use for the special dessert celebrations?
There are lots of possibilities ranging from matching, plain plates to purposely mismatched antiques that can be fun to find and collect–as well as use. Another option to think about is to present your dessert on planks made of a well grained hardwood. Despite what you might think, wood can actually be sanitized very easily, although, if that concerns you, simply place a paper doily under the dessert itself for even easier cleaning. A friend of mine collected old car license plates from various states, sanitized them, and sometimes serves either appetizers or dessert on the well travelled plates. It brings an especially unique and carefree ambience to an event!
A gourmet cheesecake is certainly worth the price, even if it might not be your usual treat. On those occasions when you are about to indulge, feast with your eyes in addition to the taste buds!
Originally posted 2010-10-19 18:09:03. Republished by Old Post Promoter