Savoury cucumber cheesecake is an idea for an original and delicious appetizer. The cheesecake is without baking, with a cracker crust and a fresh cream of yoghurt, mascarpone and cucumbers.
The recipe presents in a different way the fresh taste of tarator, the Bulgarian cold soup made with yoghurt and cucumbers.
The cheesecake could be decorated in different ways. The decoration with the cucumber peels in a clock shape makes the appetizer excellent as a part of the New Year’s menu.
Savoury cucumber cheesecake
Ingredients
For the crust:
- 250 g crackers (salty)
- 125 g butter
For the cream:
- 500 ml yoghurt
- 1 cucumber (300 g)
- 100 g mascarpone
- 100 ml milk
- 12 g gelatin (6 sheets)
- 5 g dill
- 1 clove garlic (small)
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1-2 pinch salt
For the decoration:
- q.s. nuts (chopped)
- q.s. dill
- q.s. cucumber
Instructions
- Blend the crackers into a fine powder.
- Melt the butter and add it. Mix well until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.
- Line the bottom of a cake pan (diameter 22 cm) with parchment paper. Transfer the mixture, pressing it to form an even layer. Leave it in a refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- In a large bowl, beat the yoghurt together with the mascarpone.
- Wash and peel the cucumber, then cut it into small cubes. Add the salt, the minced garlic, the chopped dill and the oil. Mix it.
- Add to the yogurt and mascarpone mixture. Mix it.
- Put the gelatine sheets in a bowl with cold water and leave for about 10 minutes.
- In a small saucepan, heat the milk. Add the gelatine well squeezed out of the water and stir with a spoon to dissolve it completely. Heat over low heat, being careful not to boil it. Remove from heat and leave it to cool.
- Gradually drizzle the dissolved gelatine into the other mixture, whisking gently.
- Pour the cream into the cracker crust. Leave it in a refrigerator for at least 3 hours.
- Gently remove the cheesecake from the cake pan and decorate it as desired with walnuts, dill and cucumbers.
- Serve the cheesecake cold.
Savoury cucumber cheesecake
Delicious 😋