Coeur à la Crème

Dessert

Coeur à la Crème

Name: Coeur à la Crème
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 1500 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 1 cup sour cream or Whipped Cream; 1 pound cream cheese, softened; ¼ cup powdered sugar; 2 tablespoons heavy cream; ⅛ teaspoon salt; Strawberries, raspberries, or other fresh fruit or fruit sauce

Cuisine:French

Course:Dessert

20m prep 0s cook 1h ready

8 servings Think of this as a barely sweet, crustless, no-bake cheesecake; a perfect, creamy pedestal for ripe, seasonal fruit. If you have the traditional heart-shaped molds with perforated bottoms, line them with dampened cheesecloth and drain the cream directly in the molds for 24 hours.

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1 1 cup sour cream or Whipped Cream (opens in new tab) 1 cup sour cream or Whipped Cream
- 1 cup cold heavy cream
- (2 teaspoons to 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 to 4 tablespoons sifted powdered sugar, or 2 teaspoons honey, to taste)
- (½ teaspoon vanilla)
Sub-recipe steps
1. Beat in a large bowl (chill the bowl if your kitchen is very warm) with a hand mixer or balloon whisk or in a stand mixer set at medium-high speed, until stiff and billowy but not grainy: 1 cup cold heavy cream; (2 teaspoons to 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 to 4 tablespoons sifted powdered sugar, or 2 teaspoons honey, to taste); (½ teaspoon vanilla)
2. Use immediately.
1 pound cream cheese, softened
¼ cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons heavy cream
⅛ teaspoon salt
Strawberries, raspberries, or other fresh fruit or fruit sauce

Let's Cook

Step 1.

Have ready: 1 cup sour cream or Whipped Cream
Step 2.

Beat in a separate medium bowl until combined: 1 pound cream cheese, softened; ¼ cup powdered sugar; 2 tablespoons heavy cream; ⅛ teaspoon salt
Step 3.

Fold the sour cream or whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture. Line a sieve with moistened cheesecloth and set it over a bowl. Spoon the mixture into the sieve and refrigerate for 24 hours to drain. Divide the cheese among 8 small ramekins or other molds and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Step 4.

Unmold and serve with: Strawberries, raspberries, or other fresh fruit or fruit sauce

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