The Blue Agave Cheesecake turned out great! It's got a slightly looser texture than my usual cheesecakes, but still a smoothness to it. Just the right amount of sweetness, and a slightly deeper flavor and color. I actually love the darker color of the baked cheesecake, almost a light caramel, it's beautiful! This cheesecake includes locally raised free-range eggs, organic graham crust, organic cream cheese, and organic sour cream. It tastes FANTASTIC! (especially with this glossy, rich homemade fudge sauce drizzled over it!) I substituted 1 cup of Organic Raw Blue Agave for 1 cup of sugar. These cakes also took an additional 20 minutes at 200 degrees to finally set before the slow cool down period of 3 hours in the 'off' oven. And here is a photo of the plain Blue Agave New York Cheesecake, also excellent in taste! You can see the deeper caramel color here. (Recipe follows.)
For one 7" cheesecake. Combine 1/2 cup organic grahams (crushed) and 3-4 T melted organic butter and press into the bottom of a 7" springform pan. Set aside.
For the filling: Cream 16 oz. organic cream cheese with 3/4 cup agave (both should be at room temp.) Slowly add 2 beaten eggs. Beat until smooth. Add 1/2 cup organic sour cream, 2 t. cornstarch, 1 tsp. vanilla. Beat all until very smooth.
Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, reduce to 200 degrees and bake for 30-40 minutes or until 'set'. Turn off the oven and let sit for three hours or until room temperature. Refrigerate until firm. Pop out of springform and serve with fresh organic berries or homemade fudge sauce of your choice. ENJOY!
10 comments:
Congratulations! How does it stack up cost-wise?
To go totally organic, it will add about $7-$9 bucks per 10" cheesecake. We'll see if people are willing to pay it!
Mmmmmmmmmm.
You know, around the holidays, the fabulous grand dame of caramels, Madame Leiderhosen, sent each of her gentle readers a big bag of caramels. Just saying.
Yep, MG, you are so right. Each of us. A bag of caramels. Lots of caramels. homemade caramels. Just sayin.
That Madame Leiderhosen is definitely a cut above the rest of us! Yep, she must be one outstanding women, a real one of a kind! She's totally unique, she is! Just saying. ;)
They were delicious. Just sayin
Must say, your camera is taking some mighty fine photos!
I'll put in my two cents...the pictures of ML's carmels didn't even hint at the deliciousness of the real thing...just saying- I mean, those photos of your cheesecakes are pretty and all but...just saying. I mean, maybe some testimonials would help people pay that extra cash...again, just saying.
You rock Kirelimel
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