#39 Cheesecake

a birthday cake for David

#39. Cheesecake

Chevre Cheesecake with Poached Cherries

Serves: one small tart pan

Preheat: 350

Ingredients:

Cheesecake Mix

    5 ounces goat cheese

    1/2 cup sugar

    1 teaspoon vanilla

    2 large eggs, separated

    2 tablespoons flour

Topping

    1/2 cup cherries pitted

    2 cups water

    1/3 cup sugar

    1 tablespoon of lemon juice

pinch of flour

Crust

    1/2 granola

    2 tablespoons brown sugar

    2 graham crackers

    2 table spoons almonds

    3 tablespoons butter softened

    pinch of cinnamon

 Directions:

    Combine water, sugar, and lemon juice in saucepan. Stir on low heat. Raise the temperature to a boil. Stir in cherries. Add pinch of flour for thicken ing. Reduce heat and simmer for ten minutes. Chill in the refrigerator for thirty minutes.

    Place graham crackers, granola, brown sugar, cinnamon, and almonds in a baggy. Crush (I used a hammer) until it is reduced to crumbles. Pour into a bowl and add softened butter and mix well. Lightly coat a small spring form tart pan with butter and pat down mixture. Cook for five minutes in the oven and remove to add mixture.

    Combine goat cheese, sugar, and vanilla into a bowl and beat together. Beat or stir in egg yolks. Beat in flour. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until fluffy. Beat 1/3 of the fluffed egg white into goat cheese mixture and then fold in the rest. Pour into your spring form tart pan. Bake for fifteen to twenty minutes. Test with a toothpick or fork- if it sticks, it needs more time. Pour on topping and- bang- babay, you got a cherry cheesecake.

Food for Thought:
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