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Cream cheese

cream cheese

Flavor and role: A soft, unripened fresh cheese, creamy with a slight tang. Enriches sauces and forms the base of desserts.
Typical dishes and uses: White chicken chili, cheesecake, bagel spread
Substitutes: 100 g cream cheese = 100 g mascarpone, or drained Greek yogurt + a little butter.
Storage: Refrigerate and use within 1-2 weeks of opening.
Main countries: United States
Used in this book: White Chicken Chili Burnt Basque Cheesecake Classic Carrot Cake Chebab Coxinha (Brazilian chicken croquettes)Classic New York Cheesecake Rugelach Vanilla Bean Basque Cheesecake with Salted Caramel Matcha Basque Cheesecake with Sweet Red Bean Burnt Basque Cheesecake Toast Bobó Shrimp Escondidinho Gratin Royal Milk Tea Boba with Salted Cream Cheese Foam Maple-Cinnamon Bannock on a Stick Brown Butter Carrot Layer Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Gajar Halwa Carrot Cake with Cardamom Cream Cheese (British x Indian)Carrot Cake Cookie Sandwiches with Cream Cheese Filling Overnight Saffron Chebab with Whipped Cheese and Date Syrup Baked Fondue Bread Bowl with Garlic-Butter Dippers Potato-dough chicken thigh coxinha with a cream cheese heart Coxinha de pote (coxinha in a cup)Caramelised Onion Carne Seca Escondidinho with Coalho Crust Crispy Cassava Escondidinho Cups Baked Lemon Yogurt Cheesecake (Water-Bath Method)Strawberry Yogurt-Cheesecake Fruit Sando Konafa Cheesecake with Orange Blossom Syrup (Egyptian × New York)Lebkuchen Cheesecake Bars Marry Me Chicken Baguette Melt Matcha Martabak with Sweet Red Bean and Cream Cheese Mince and Cheese Pie Dip with Puff Pastry Dippers Banana Cream Cheese Mutabbaq Roll Bites with Honey and Pistachio Deli-Style New York Cheesecake with Sour Cream Topping and Strawberry Glaze Mango Lassi New York Cheesecake with Cardamom and Pistachio No-Bake New York Cheesecake Jars with Blueberry Compote Palak Paneer Cheese Melt Toast Sheet-Pan Blueberry Pancakes with Maple Cream Cheese Drizzle Smoked Salmon Pikelet Bites with Lemon-Dill Cream Cheese Pineapple Cake Cheesecake Crumble Bars Brown Butter Triple-Cheese Quesadilla Churro Dessert Quesadillas Chai-Spiced Pistachio Rugelach with Cardamom Glaze (Jewish × Indian)Rugelach Jam Crumble Bars Whipped Tuna Niçoise Tartine with Olive Crumb Korean Cream Cheese Garlic Salt Bread No-Yeast Soda Bread Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Glaze Hot Spanakopita Dip with Sesame Phyllo Crisps No-Bake Speculoos Cheesecake Cups Upside-Down Caramel Apple Puff Squares White Chicken Chili Baked Taquitos with Lime Crema

Updated 2026-10-10