Here is another recipe from the Constellation Cuisine series and the second one inspired by the Chunks food chain. Square food is one of the more interesting and characteristic elements in Starfield, and in the game, we can collect Chunks in two forms – both packaged and already unwrapped, showing a given flavour cube. The Chunks chain is popular in the Settled Systems and has a multitude of flavors in its assortment – including egg, beef, cake, roast chicken, chocolate, pumpkin pie, cola, wine, or baked potato (Chunks Baked Potato, for which you will find the recipe in another post). Because the chain’s philosophy is based on the idea that most people don’t care what they eat as long as it’s tasty and filling, these small cubes are simply infused with proper flavors, and their production is a closely guarded secret. Therefore, if we ask a Chunks employee what the products are made of, they will not be able to answer this question… So their composition remains a matter of speculation – although it might be better not to know what was really packed into these unusual, cubed snacks.
As for our interpretation, we chose a protein cheesecake with the addition of protein powder complex, which refers to the increased amount of protein in a space diet. At the same time, we tried to make the cake look like the game version – meaning it has a cookie base, white mass in the middle, and a pinkish glaze on top. The result is a simple, tasty, and nutritious no-bake cheesecake, the composition of which is no longer a secret for anyone 😉 So, time for some coffee and a square Chunks Cake in the Starfield style?
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VIDEO RECIPE
captions only in Polish
CHUNKS CAKE
Starfield
PREPARATION TIME: approx. 3h
PRICE: average
SERVINGS: 6 servings
LEVEL: easy
YOU NEED
saucepan
pestle/mortar
bowl
whisk
mold
baking paper
INGREDIENTS:
COOKIE BASE
90g plain cookies/biscuits, ground
100g butter
CHEESE FILLING
600g cream cheese or tvorog for cheesecake
100 ml whipping cream (about 30% fat)
½ cup of water
4 tablespoons powdered sugar
3 tablespoons vanilla protein powder
2 tablespoons gelatin
a bit of grated lemon zest
RED GLAZE
7 tablespoons raspberry syrup
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1.5 teaspoons gelatin
1 teaspoon cream cheese
PREPARATION
BASE
- Break the cookies into smaller chunks (pun intended!) and then crush them into a fine powder using a pestle.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan.
- In a bowl, combine the crushed cookies with the melted butter and mix thoroughly until it reaches the consistency of wet sand.
- Spread the mixture in a mold covered with baking paper, compress it well, and leave it in the fridge for 30 minutes.
CHEESE FILLING
- In a saucepan, heat the cream with water, as soon as it begins to boil, turn off the burner, immediately add the gelatin into the hot mixture, stir intensively until it dissolves completely. You can heat it slightly while mixing, but do not bring it to a boil again, otherwise the gelatin will lose its gelling properties.
- Set the gelatin mixture aside for a while to cool down.
- In a large bowl, combine cheese, protein powder, powdered sugar and lemon zest. Add the cooled gelatin mixture and mix thoroughly. Test whether the mixture is sweet enough. If not, stir in a little more powdered sugar.
- Pour the mixture onto the biscuit base and spread evenly, smoothing the top.
- Chill in the refrigerator for about 1 hour until the mixture sets.
RED GLAZE
- When the cheesecake is almost fully set, prepare the icing (after about 1 hour)
- Boil the syrup in a bowl, turn off the burner.
- Add gelatin, mix until dissolved.
- Add a teaspoon of cheese and mix thoroughly. Cool completely.
- Pour over the top of the cake, spread evenly and cool for another 2 hours until the icing and cheesecake are fully set.
SERVING
Serve Chunks cake – a protein cheesecake – slightly chilled with a cup of hot coffee!
This is sponsored post made in collaboration with Bethesda Poland.