Thread: Help with cream cheese mold

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A friend was telling me about a dish she had at a tailgate party that was so good people couldn't stop eating it. She said it was just a softened
brick of cream cheese with some raspberry jam poured on top. I of course immediately set to thinking how to use this and I immediately thought
of my jello brain mold. Soooooooooooo

Has anyone done this recipe before? When I google looking for it, it seems the recipe calls for a Raspberry chipotle sauce.
Has anyone ever used a the jello brain to put some thing like cream cheese in and does it come out looking brainish?

I was thinking of tinting the cream cheese either light pink or grey, putting it in the mold letting it set in the fridge to get good and cold then
put in on a platter and pour the raspberry jam/(chipotle) sauce over it. Serve with crackers.

thoughts? ideas?

I don't see why it wouldn't work. Maybe just give the mold a very light coat of non stick spray first. I'd definately tint the cream cheese pink! I've never had a raspberry/chipotle mix before, but I have had an apricot pepper jam and it was delish!

good question, I was also wondering if you could do a cream chz in a brain mold

I would say give it a try. I did a cream cheese brain a while back with red pepper jelly, but it was just a small one so I molded it by hand. Maybe if you sprayed or soaked the mold in warm water for second it would just pop out. But maybe try a test if It turns out you could keep it refrigerated a couple weeks (or whatever the package date say) if you seal it good in platic wrap.

I would use full fat cream cheese...a little firmer I find.

If you can find the raspberry chipotle sauce, go for it! It's delicious over cream cheese. I've found it at stores like World Market and specialty grocery stores. I've seen the brain mold with cream cheese and they first sprayed the mold with Pam and then lined it with plastic wrap before filling. When it's chilled and firm, just pull it out by the plastic wrap and peel off. I hope that makes sense!

Our Costco (Denver area) has a large bottle of raspberry chipotle sauce for less than $10. I'm very interested in seeing if the cream cheese brain mold works. It's a great idea!

I do a savoury dip in my brain mold every year which comes out well enough to see most of of the detail, but not as clear as jello. Spray it really well with spray oil then place the mould in the freezer for about an hour or two before you want to serve it, run a knife around the top edge of the cheese and turn out onto a plate. You need to give it a good hard tap to get it out and make sure it is well covered with cling film before going into the freezer but it has always worked well for me. Sounds strange tho I know

I did a shrimp and mostly cream cheese dip last year in the brain mold. I colored it, too. It looked great. I did spray with Pam.

I did the cream cheese mold, sprayed the mold with pam but it just looked like a bumpy glob of cream cheese after chilling overnight. I think I mixed something into the cream cheese that made it more liquidy though, or I bought a less-fat version...which makes it watery. :s

I use the shrimp/cream cheese dip for my brain mold that works great. It has knox gelatin in it which helps it form and also gives it a really creapy sheen. Maybe that would help?

Rosella - freezing helps to get it out of the form huh? Good to know! I've never tried that. I've always taken it out of the fridge and dipped the mold bottom in hot water. The thing is I loose some of the detail with that method.