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No Bake Berry Cheesecake Lasagna


  • Author: Vera Z.
  • Prep Time: 1 hour
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 12-16 1x
  • Category: dessert
  • Method: no-bake
  • Cuisine: American

Description

No Bake Berry Cheesecake Lasagna is easy recipe for red white and blue dessert for 4th of July, Memorial Day or anytime you want to enjoy delicious combo of blueberry and strawberry filling layered with cheesecake and graham cracker crust.


Ingredients

Graham Cracker Crust:

  • 3 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 2/3cup (150 grams) unsalted butter-melted

Blueberry Pie Filling:

  • 2 1/2 cups (450 grams) blueberries (fresh or frozen)
  • 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 cup (100 grams) sugar
  • 1 1/2 Tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 Tablespoon gelatin powder (10 grams) dissolved in 3 Tablespoons cold water

Strawberry Filling:

  • 3 cups (450 grams ) diced fresh strawberries
  • 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 ( 100 grams) light brown sugar
  • 2 1/2 Tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 Tablespoon gelatin powder (10 grams) dissolved in 3 Tablespoons cold water

Cheesecake Filling:

  • 16 oz. (450 grams) cream cheese-room temperature
  • 1/2 cup (115 grams) unsalted butter-room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cup (180 grams) powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 4 cups whipped cream (Cool Whip)

Topping:

  • 2 1/23 cups Cool Whip
  • 6 oz. white chocolate bar or block-for curls

Instructions

  1. Make blueberry and strawberry filing ahead, it need a few hours to cool. You can make them a day a head and store in the fgrdge.

Blueberry Pie Filling:

  1. In a heavy saucepan combine half of the blueberries, sugar, corn starch and lemon juice. Stir well and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Decrease the heat to medium-low and simmer for a few minutes or until the blueberries are soft, then remove from heat and mash the blueberries. Stir in remaining blueberries and set back on the heat until thickens, stirring constantly. Set aside to cool to room temperature, then place in the fridge for an hour(or overnight if you make it in advance).

Strawberry Filling:

  1. In a heavy saucepan combine half of the diced strawberries, lemon juice, brown sugar and cornstarch. Cook over medium-high heat for a few  minutes until the strawberries burst and juice is formed. Add remaining strawberries and cook until thickens, remove from heat. Set aside to cool to room temperature, then place in the fridge for an hour(or overnight if you make it in advance).

Graham Cracker Crust:

  1. To make the crust whisk together melted butter and graham cracker crumbs, Press the mixture into the bottom of 13 x 9 inches dish, then place in the fridge to firm.

Cheesecake Filling:

  1. Beat softened cream cheese, butter and vanilla for 2 minutes. Add powdered sugar and mix until smooth and creamy. Finally mix in whipped cream.
  2. Spread half of the cheesecake filling (2 ½- 3 cups) over the firmed crust. Place in the fridge.
  3. In two heatproof bowls or small pots combine 3 Tablespoons cold water and 1 Tablespoon gelatin in each, and set aside for a few minutes to bloom.
  4. Microwave the first bowl of gelatin (or heat the pot over medium heat on the stove top) until the gelatin is completely clear and melted. Stir into blueberry pie filling. Spoon filling over cheesecake layer and place in the freezer for 10 minutes to set.
  5. Then spoon remaining cheesecake filling over blueberry layer and smooth with the spatula. Place in the freezer to firm while preparing gelatin for strawberry filling.
  6. Microwave the second bowl of bloomed gelatin (or heat the pot over medium heat on the stove top) until the gelatin is completely melted. Stir into strawberry pie filling. Spoon filling over cheesecake layer and place in the freezer for 10-20 minutes to set.
  7. Spread 2-3 cups Cool Whip over strawberry layer and place in the fridge for at least 4 hours or preferably overnight.
  8. To make the curls, carefully draw a vegetable peeler across the broad surface of a bar of white chocolate at room temperature. Sprinkle curls on top.
  9. Store covered in the fridge up to 5-6 days.

Notes

  • If you don’t like thawed store-bought whipped cream like Cool Whip, you can make homemade whipped cream. Use 3 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream, beat until soft peaks form, than add 2/3 cup powdered sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla extract. Mix until very stiff peaks form. About 5 minutes.
  • With this recipe you will get about 2 cups strawberry filling and 2 cups blueberry filling. You can substitute with caned pie fillings. Just make sure to add gelatin as it written in the recipe above.