Tuesday, October 23, 2018

TWD - Le Cheesecake Round Trip


For Tuesday with Dorie this week, the recipe is for cheesecake.  This cheesecake is an American-style cheesecake that Dorie has  Parisianised, and it has been a hit in both of her homes of Paris and New York - hence the "round trip".  This cheesecake has a crushed cookies and almond meal crust, with more cookie crumbs in the filling.



This cheesecake was meant to be made with 907g cream cheese.  I balked at this, both from a cost perspective ($16 worth of cream cheese!!) and the sheer size perspective, so I halved the filling.  The crust was meant  to be made with Speculoos, but that is a little too exotic for the basic supermarket where I do most of my grocery shopping.  Instead, I used Marie biscuits, but added ground cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg to the crushed biscuits to give them a Speculoos-like flavour.  I also did not have almond essence, so I flavoured the filling with Queen passionfruit baking paste.



This cheesecake was delicious - in fact, I am yet to meet a cheesecake that I do not like.  Halving the filling gave me just the right amount of cheesecake, from my perspective. Dorie suggested serving this cheesecake with caramel sauce, but I thought it was perfect without.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.
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9 comments:

  1. Lorraine @ Not Quite NigellaOctober 23, 2018 at 9:17 AM

    I like the sound of the speculoos crust and caramel. How is the almond meal in the actual cheesecake? Does it affect the texture much?

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    1. CakelawOctober 23, 2018 at 10:17 PM

      Hi Lorraine, the almond meal is only in the cookie crumbs in the cheesecake, and it all goes soft and melds. It’s a bit like cookies and cream icecream in texture.

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  2. Johanna GGGOctober 23, 2018 at 11:49 AM

    I love cheesecakes too - so this would get my vote - and I love how your speculoose marie biscuits

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    1. CakelawOctober 23, 2018 at 10:17 PM

      It’s amazing what I will do to avoid going further afield to shop.

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  3. Diane ZwangOctober 23, 2018 at 3:36 PM

    Wow cream cheese is expensive in Australia, double what I pay. I am glad you liked it though. So far I have loved all of Dorie's cheesecakes.

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    1. CakelawOctober 23, 2018 at 10:18 PM

      I know - I love shopping for everything in the States because it’s all cheaper than here.

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  4. IsthisakeeperOctober 24, 2018 at 9:28 AM

    Wow...I thought it was an expensive cheesecake to make here in the US...you would have us beat on that! :). I was thinking at least it was a winner! Glad you were able to improvise and got great results!!

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  5. ZosiaOctober 24, 2018 at 10:41 AM

    Great idea to halve the filling but bake in the large pan - it still looks like a full size cheesecake. I would love a slice of this with berries.

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  6. steph- whisk/spoonOctober 24, 2018 at 12:15 PM

    i also halved the filling, and thought the same as you. definitely a tasty cheesecake!

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