Godiva Vanilla Bean White Chocolate Cheesecake With Peach Topping Food

GODIVA CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Make the chocolate crust:.
• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Tightly wrap bottom of 9-inch springform pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
• Mix together cookie crumbs and melted butter in bowl until combined.
• Press mixture into bottom of prepared pan.
• Refrigerate crust while preparing filling.
• Make the filling:.
• Place chocolate in microwave-safe bowl.
• Microwave on medium (50% power) for 1 minute. Stir.
• Microwave 30 seconds more or until chocolate is softened. Stir until smooth and let cool.
• Beat cream cheese in mixing bowl until creamy, using electric mixer at low speed.
• Gradually add sugar and beat until blended.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Dissolve salt in hot coffee.
• At low speed, slowly beat in the coffee.
• Beat in vanilla and melted chocolate until blended.
• Pour mixture over crust.
• Place cheesecake in roasting pan.
• Pour boiling water into roasting pan so that the water comes halfway up the side of the springform pan.
• Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until center is firm.
• Leave cheesecake in the oven and turn off the oven.
• Prop oven door open and allow cheesecake to cool in the oven for 1 hour.
• Remove cheesecake from roasting pan.
• Cool cheesecake in the pan on wire rack.
• When cheesecake is cooled, cover pan with aluminum foil and refrigerate at least 6 hours or overnight.
• Make the whipped cream topping:.
• Loosen edge of cheesecake with a knife. Remove side of springform pan.
• Beat cream, sugar and vanilla in mixing bowl until stiff peaks form, using electric mixer at medium speed.
• Reserve 1 cup whipped cream for garnish.
• Spread remaining cream over top of cheesecake.
• Sprinkle with grated chocolate.
• Fill a pastry bag fitted with a large closed star tip (such as Ateco #5) with reserved whipped cream.
• Pipe a border of rosettes around edge of cheesecake.
• Decorate with chocolate coffee beans.
• Cut cheesecake into wedges.

VANILLA BEAN CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• In a bowl, mix together the crumbs, sugar, cinnamon and ground pecans if you have them. Add the butter and mix well. Press evenly into the bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of a 9 inch springform pan. Bake about 8 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool.
• In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese until creamy and smooth. Add the sugar a few tablespoons at a time and then the flour and vanilla extract. Add the eggs and heavy cream, beating on low speed until it is all combined. Split open your vanilla beans and scrape out the seeds and guts inside the bean. Add this to your batter. Save your split beans to garnish the top of the cheesecake.
• Pour the batter into the pan and bake in the middle of the oven until set, the center should be slightly soft. It should bake for 55 to 70 minutes. Remove from the oven, loosen the outer ring and let cool in the pan.
• Refrigerate the cake, for about 6 hours, then remove the outer ring. Top with the vanilla beans and a sprig of something green like peppermint leaf.

WHITE CHOCOLATE PEACH CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• The crust: position a rack in the center of the oven; preheat oven to 350°.
• Lightly grease a 9x3 inch springform pan; cut and 18-inch square of foil and wrap foil around the outside of the pan.
• Add the flours, sugar, salt, ginger, and cinnamon to a food processor; process until blended.
• Add in the butter and process until the mixture forms coarse crumbs; add in the water; process until the dough starts to come together.
• Press the dough into an even layer over the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes, until it is just beginning to brown; place the pan on a wire rack to cool completely; decrease oven temperature to 325°.
• The filling: add the white chocolate to a stainless steel bowl and set over a medium saucepan filled one third the way with barely simmering water; heat the chocolate, stirring frequently, until it is completely melted and smooth.
• Remove the bowl from the saucepan; let the chocolate cool until tepid.
• In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, using the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese on med-low speed about 2 minutes, until creamy, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary.
• Gradually add the sugar and beat until blended.
• Mix in the vanilla and lemon zest; add in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition (scrap down the sides of the bowl as necessary); add in the sour cream; mix until blended.
• Add in the tepid white chocolate; mix until blended.
• Scrape the batter into the cooled crust; place the pan in a roasting pan or large baking pan.
• Pour enough hot water into the roasting pan to come 1 inch up the sides of the springform pan.
• Bake in the water bath for 65-75 minutes, until the top of the cake is set but slightly wobbly (the cake will set completely as it cools).
• Remove the cake pan from the water bath, transfer to a wire rack, and carefully loosen the foil.
• Immediately run the tip of a paring knife around the sides, to prevent the top from cracking; let the cake cool completely.
• Refrigerate the cheesecake for at least 4 hours before making the topping.
• The topping: Cut the peaches in half (discard the pits); slice the peach halves about 1/8 inch thick.
• Arrange a circle of peach slices, overlapping them slightly, around the edge of the chilled cheesecake.
• Arrange another circle of wedges in the center, facing the opposite direction, covering the cheesecake completely.
• Pass the apricot preserves through a fine-mesh strainer into a small saucepan.
• Stir in the water; bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.
• Remove from the heat and, using a pastry brush, brush the tops of the peaches with the hot glaze.
• Refrigerate the cake for at least 1 hour before serving.
• To serve, slice the cheesecake with a sharp thin-bladed knife, dipping the blade in hot water and wiping it dry after each slice.