Almond Crusted Cheesecake Recipe

Almond Crusted Cheesecake

Ingredients

Sugar Almonds
• 6 oz Sliced almonds
• 1 oz Egg whites
• 6 oz Sugar
Lambert Cherry Sauce
• 1 cup Pureed strawberries (from fresh or frozen strawberries)
• 1 cup Pureed raspberries (from fresh or frozen raspberries)
• 1 cup Pureed blueberries (from fresh or frozen blueberries)
• 1 cup Pureed blackberries (from fresh or frozen blackberries)
• 1/4 cup Sugar or to taste
• 1 tbls Water
• 2 cups Pureed blackcherries (from fresh or frozen)
Almond Crusted Cheesecake
• 30 oz Cream cheese
• 7-1/2 oz Sugar
• 2 oz Sour cream
• 4 oz Whole eggs
• 1/4 oz Almond essence
• 2 oz Heavy cream
• 1/4 sheet Yellow cake or a 1 layer pie dough
• 15 oz Whipped cream
• 1 oz Chocolate dust for garnish
• 2-1/2 oz Semisweet chocolate for garnish
• 7-1/2 oz Sugared almonds
• 10 oz White ganache for garnish

Instructions

Sugar Almonds
1. Mix all ingredients together and evenly covered with egg whites and sugar.
2. Bake at 250 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown
Lambert Cherry Sauce
3. Bring fruit purees, sugar and water to a boil
4. Add cherry puree and stir to incorporate
5. Let cool before using
Almond Crusted Cheesecake
6. Grease individual molds.
7. Roll out pie dough or cut sponge cake - 1/4 inch to 3/4 inch thick - and line bottom of molds
8. Combine cream cheese and sugar in a mixing bowl .
9. Blend in heavy cream and sour cream.
10. Mix until smooth.
11. Blend in eggs and almond.
12. Mix until smooth.
13. Pour mixture into the molds
14. Bake in a water bath at 300 degrees F. for approximately 2 hours, or until filling is set.
15. Serve cold and top with sugared almonds