3 Indulgent Cheesy Desserts To Enjoy At Home

Ingredients:

For the Filling

Method

• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and salt. Combine oil, vinegar, and wine. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix until a dough forms. Knead dough on a floured surface for 5 minutes. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Divide dough into 4 pieces. On a lightly floured surface, roll out each piece into a thin sheet (about 1/16 inch thick). Cut dough into 4-inch squares.
• Wrap each square around a cannoli form, overlapping the edges slightly. Brush seam with egg white to seal. Fry cannoli shells in hot oil (180°C) for 1-2 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from oil and cool completely on a wire rack. Carefully slide cannoli shells off forms.
• In a food processor, combine chestnut puree, sugar, and salt. Process until smooth. Add cheese and process again until well combined. Stir in vanilla extract, chocolate, and hazelnuts.
• Fill a piping bag fitted with a star tip with the filling. Pipe the filling into the cooled cannoli shells. Garnish with powdered sugar and serve immediately.

Summer Berries With Cream Cheese - Serves 4

Ingredients:

For the berries

For the cheese cream

Method

• In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar and water. Heat over medium-high heat until the sugar dissolves. Add the berries and lemon juice. Cook gently, stirring occasionally, for about 2 minutes, until the berries are heated through and release their juices.
• Transfer the berry mixture to a fine-mesh sieve set over a bowl. Press gently with a spoon to extract as much juice as possible. Reserve the berries and let them cool slightly.
• Return the berry juices in the bowl to the saucepan and cook over medium heat until the syrup is reduced by half, about 5-7 minutes. Let the syrup cool slightly.
• Whisk together the cream cheese, heavy cream, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth and creamy.
• In a serving bowl or individual bowls, spoon the reserved berries. Drizzle with the cooled berry syrup and top with dollops of the cheese cream topping. Serve immediately.

Ingredients

Method

• In a medium-sized glass bowl, combine the hazelnut spread and softened cream cheese. Heat the mixture in the microwave for 2 minutes at 50% power. Remove the bowl and stir the mixture until smooth.
• Transfer the chocolate fondue to a serving dish and set it aside to thicken slightly while you prepare the dippers.
• On a platter or board, place the serving dish with the fondue in the centre. Section off the area around the bowl into wedges. In each wedge, arrange a different type of dipper, creating a colourful and inviting display.
• For example, you could have a wedge of graham cracker squares, a wedge of pretzel sticks, a wedge of cream puffs, and then fill the remaining wedges with different colours of berries.
• Serve your dessert fondue immediately, and enjoy!