Summer is almost gone so it’s important to take advantage of all the delicious vegetables it has still to offer. This zucchini and olive cheesecake is simply delicious, tasty and so yummy. Its side dish really sublimes it to make a real Chef starter!Ingredients (for 4 persons):
-8,2 oz. of fresh cream
-5,2 oz. of ricotta
-4,2 oz of cream cheese
-2,5 oz. of appetizer biscuits (like ritz)
-1 oz. of black olives + a few on the side
-1 oz. of butter
-2/5 cup of milk
-2 zucchinis
-10 cherry tomatoes
-a few rocket leafs
-2 eggs
-balsamic vinegar
-4 basil leafs
-a few chives
-1 teaspoon of oregano
Preheat the oven at 350°F.
Put the biscuits in a blender to obtain powder. Add this powder to the melted butter and mix until you obtain a sandy dough. Add the oregano. Share this dough at the bottom of each culinary circle and press. Cook for 15 minutes. When it’s cooked, let it cool.
Wash the zucchinis and take off each ends. Cut it in dices and cook it in the oven for 10 minutes. Take them out of the oven and let them cool.
In a salad bowl, mix together delicately the ricotta, cream cheese and half of the olive oil. Add the eggs and mix until you obtain a homogeneous batter. Add milk and the fresh cream and mix again.
Make a tapenade by mixing the olives with the rest of the olive oil and incorporate it to the previous batter. Mix well and share this cream in each culinary circle above the cooked dough. Put a few zucchini pieces inside each circles. Put aside in the fridge the rest of the zucchini. Cook for 40 minutes at 300°F. Once it’s cooked, let it cool and then put the cheesecakes in the fridge for at least 6 hours.
Before you serve, remove the cheesecakes from their circles and put each of them in the side of a plate. Wash and cut in half the cherry tomatoes and put them on the cheesecakes. Season with salt and pepper, cut some chive above and decorate with a basil leaf. Season the rest of the zucchinis with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Shape the zucchinis with a circle and add a few rocket leafs above. Decorate the plate with pieces of black olives.
