Brioche Cheesecake**

Name: Brioche Cheesecake** (La Chantellée)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 pinch salt; 4 tbsp (2 oz./60 g) butter, melted and cooled; Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting; 2 egg yolks (2½ tbsp/40 g); 2 tbsp (20 g) cornstarch; 9 oz. (250 g) full-fat fromage blanc (see Chef’s Notes); Finely grated zest of 1 lemon, preferably organic; 9 oz. (250 g) pastry cream; 7 oz. (200 g) brioche dough, made 1 day ahead; Butter for the pan; Scant ½ cup (2¾ oz./80 g) sugar

La Chantellée

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

Butter for the pan
Scant ½ cup (2¾ oz./80 g)

Europe
France
Mediterranean
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C/Gas Mark 4). Grease the pan with butter.
Mix together the sugar and lemon zest in a mixing bowl.
Roll the brioche dough into a circle large enough to line the pan in a very thin layer.