{White Chocolate Cheesecake with Amaretto Caramel Sauce}
Ingrediente
Crust:
- 150 g graham crackers
- 20 g almonds
- 60 g butter (melted)
Filling:
- 150 ml heavy cream
- 100 g white chocolate (chopped)
- 700 g cream cheese
- 100 g sugar
- Seeds from 1 vanilla pod
- 4 eggs
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
Amaretto caramel sauce:
- 200 g sugar
- 20 g glucose
- 50 ml water
- 300 ml heavy cream (heated)
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/4 cup Amaretto
Instructiuni
Crust:
- Ground the crackers and almonds in a food processor.
- Add the butter and mix well until well combined. Transfer the mixture into a round cake pan lined with parchment paper.
- Press it well on the bottom of the pan and place aside until the filling is ready.
Filling:
- Bring the heavy cream to the boiling point in a saucepan then remove from heat and stir in the chocolate. Mix until melted then pour the mixture into a bowl and add the rest of the ingredients.
- Mix well with a whisk then pour the filling over the crust.
- Bake the cheesecake in the preheated oven at 160C for 1 hour.
Amaretto caramel sauce:
- Bring the cream to the boiling point in a saucepan.
- Combine the sugar, glucose and water in a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil over medium flame.
- Cook until it begins to caramelize and turn into an amber color.
- Pour in the heavy cream, add the salt and mix until the sugar is melted.
- Cook the sauce for 2-3 more minutes until smooth then remove from heat. Let it cool down then add the Amaretto.
- Serve the cheesecake topped with Amaretto caramel sauce.
Notes
The caramel sauce recipe yields more than enough caramel for this cheesecake and other desserts too.
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