White Choc Ginger Cheesecake Food

WHITE CHOCOLATE GINGER CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat 325 dergee oven.
• Nine inch springform buttered, wrapped in foil.
• Combine all crust ingredients in food processor, pulse until ground.
• Press into bottom of pan and up the sides if you can't controll yourself.
• Melt chocolate.
• Beat cheese until fluffy,add sugar and beat well, add egg one at a time.
• Beat in vanilla, ground ginger and then white chocolate.
• Fold in crystalized ginger.
• Bake in water bath until done.
• chill overnight.

WHITE CHOCOLATE-GINGER CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• FOR CRUST:
• Butter 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Wrap outside of pan with 2 layers of heavy-duty foil. Finely grind cookies, sugar and ginger in processor. Add butter; blend until moist clumps form. Press onto bottom and up sides of pan. Chill while preparing filling.
• FOR FILLING:
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 300°F. Stir white chocolate in top of double boiler set over hot water until chocolate melts. Cool to lukewarm, stirring occasionally.
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs and yolk 1 at a time, beating just until combined after each addition. Beat in vanilla and ground ginger. Gradually beat in melted white chocolate. Stir in crystallized ginger.
• Transfer filling to prepared crust. Place springform pan in large roasting pan. Pour enough hot water into roasting pan to come halfway up sides of springform pan. Bake until cheesecake puffs and edges crack slightly, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Transfer cake to rack. Run small knife around sides of cake to loosen. Cool completely. Remove foil from pan sides. Chill cake overnight. (Can be prepared 3 days ahead. Cover and keep chilled.)
• Release pan sides. Transfer cake to platter. Top with chocolate curls.

EASY WHITE CHOCOLATE GANACHE

Steps:

• Pour heavy cream into a saucepan over medium heat; heat until just boiling. Remove from heat; add white chocolate chips. Whisk gently until white chocolate chips are melted and blended into the cream. Let cool until slightly thickened, about 15 minutes.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C Grease a 20cm springform cake pan and line base with baking paper.
• Wrap the outside tightly with a double layer foil.
• Whiz cheese and sugar in a food processor for 30 seconds until smooth. With motor running, add cornflour, eggs one at a time, stopping occasionally to scrape down sides. Add vanilla, zest, juice, creams and ¼ tsp salt, and process until just combined, scraping down sides. Add chocolate and pulse until smooth. Pour into pan and sit in a large baking dish. Pour hot water into the dish to come halfway up the sides of the pan. Bake for 45 minutes, then off the oven, leaving the cheesecake inside for 1 hour. Remove pan from dish, take off the foil and cool cake completely in pan on a rack. Cover and chill overnight.
• To turn out, sit pan on a hot, damp towel to loosen base. Run a palette knife around edge of pan, then turn onto a serving plate.
• Decorate with fruit by piling the fruit on top (I find doing it randomly looks best) and pouring over the passionfruit pulp, then slice with a hot, dry knife.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Beat butter, 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp. vanilla in small bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in flour until well blended; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Prick with fork. Bake 25 min. or until edge is lightly browned.
• Beat cream cheese, remaining sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add chocolate; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour over crust.
• Bake 55 min. to 1 hour or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours. Top with raspberries just before serving.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Crush the biscuits in a food processor until completely ground. Add butter and whizz again until you have the desired crumbly consistency.
• Grease and line the base of a 23cm deep, loose-bottomed cake tin. Add the biscuit mixture to the cake tin and pat it flat. Leave to set in the fridge for approximately 30 mins.
• Begin melting the chocolate in a heatproof glass bowl over a small pan of hot water on a low heat. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking. Remove from the heat and leave to cool for 10 mins until barely warm but still liquid.
• Meanwhile whisk the cream cheese and mascarpone together. Add double cream and keep whisking until the mixture is just holding its own shape. Finally, add the melted chocolate and whisk until just combined.
• Spoon the mixture over the cooled and set biscuit base, then smooth the top. Return to the fridge to cool for at least 6 hrs until the topping is set. Finally, decorate with fruit.