Magen has requested the following cheesecake for her birthday in March...
Habanero Lime Cheesecake That Can Kill White People
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Crust:
1 1/2 cups of graham crackers ground into crumbs
Pinch o salt
1/3 cup melted butter
Filling:
3 habanero peppers
2 tablespoons sugar + 1 cup of sugar
24 ounces cream cheese
Pinch o salt
4 eggs
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1 lime, zested
1 very juicy lime or 2 less juicy limes, juice 'em
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Make crust: Mix the crumbs and salt together in a small bowl, then add
butter and stir to mix. Set aside 1/4 cup crumbs for topping. Press
the rest into the bottom and sides of a 9-inch pie pan. Roast the
habaneros over burner and set them to steam under a towel or wrap them
in plastic wrap. When they are cool enough to handle. Peel and deseed
habaneros, then pound with the 2 tablespoons of sugar until you get a
coarse paste.
Cream the cream cheese, then add remaining sugar and salt. Beat in the
eggs 1 at a time. Add the cream and blend. Beat in the lime zest and
lime juice. Add the habanero paste and beat until well mixed. Pour
into the crust, then gently tap the pan to level the filling. Sprinkle
the reserved crumbs on top.
Bake for approximately 1 hour or until the cheesecake pulls away from
the edge of the pan. Remove from the oven and allow to set for 20
minutes. Wrap and keep in the refrigerator overnight.
Yield: 16 servings, depending on how hot you can handle it.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Bento 02.02.09-02.04.09
Sadly, Anna is busy and life is challenging at the moment. I sadly PURCHASED some Lean Cuisine meals this week! Well, it's better than spending $8 on lunch, right? *sigh*
Monday
Tuesday
I actually put together an awesome salad with chicken lunch meat, raisins, a few fat free crackers, reduced fat cheese and some nuts. It was a working lunch meeting so I didn't think to snap a picture.
Wednesday
Monday
Tuesday
I actually put together an awesome salad with chicken lunch meat, raisins, a few fat free crackers, reduced fat cheese and some nuts. It was a working lunch meeting so I didn't think to snap a picture.
Wednesday
Monday, February 2, 2009
...Hot Sauce...
Lisa and I stopped into The Sauce Shop last week and purchased a few tasty items. We tried several hot sauces before browsing the store and we were impressed with a few. However, after browsing Lisa decided to get Toad Sweat's Chocolate Orange to try over vanilla ice cream (dessert for our impending roll-your-own-sushi dinner at Amanda's that evening). Sadly, it did not taste like chocolate or orange. I thought it tasted more like rum and Lisa thought it tasted more like coconut. Other reviews varied but the overall consensus was that it was, in fact, tasty to put hot sauce on your vanilla ice cream!
Fast forward to Friday; Tiste and I decided to go to the movies on Friday night and have dinner before hand. We texted Lisa to see if she and Nathan were interested. They were and so we made plans to meet up at Finn McCools (which is near them and close to our favorite theater). Sadly, it was Friday night at 5:30PM during resturant week so they were already packed and LOUD. We texted Lisa that we'd meet them at The Sauce Shop and we'd decide on dinner from there.
While we were all perusing the store Lisa decided to round-out her Toad Sweat collection with their other flavors... Cranberry and Lemon Vanilla. It turns out there's a FOURTH flavor not available at the shop which is Key Lime (yum!). She also decided to get a Strawberry hot sauce we'd liked when we were trying some samples. Then we were off to the steakhouse at the end of the strip. While we were walking over Lisa came up with a grand idea - we should try these over cheesecake! Yes, I know - you're judging me about my dessert consumption but who could resist trying 3 different kinds of hot sauce on your cheesecake!
After our lovely steaks and salads we ordered cheesecake and asked for 3 dipping bowls to pour the sauces in ... And it was heaven. I liked the Strawberry Sauce but it was a vinegar hot so it kind of soured the taste of the cheesecake. However, the Vanilla Lemon was beautiful and the Cranberry was devine. In the future, should you choose to serve a plain cheesecake for dessert, you should serve it with a side of Toad Sweat's Cranberry hot sauce. You won't regret it!!!!
Fast forward to Friday; Tiste and I decided to go to the movies on Friday night and have dinner before hand. We texted Lisa to see if she and Nathan were interested. They were and so we made plans to meet up at Finn McCools (which is near them and close to our favorite theater). Sadly, it was Friday night at 5:30PM during resturant week so they were already packed and LOUD. We texted Lisa that we'd meet them at The Sauce Shop and we'd decide on dinner from there.
While we were all perusing the store Lisa decided to round-out her Toad Sweat collection with their other flavors... Cranberry and Lemon Vanilla. It turns out there's a FOURTH flavor not available at the shop which is Key Lime (yum!). She also decided to get a Strawberry hot sauce we'd liked when we were trying some samples. Then we were off to the steakhouse at the end of the strip. While we were walking over Lisa came up with a grand idea - we should try these over cheesecake! Yes, I know - you're judging me about my dessert consumption but who could resist trying 3 different kinds of hot sauce on your cheesecake!
After our lovely steaks and salads we ordered cheesecake and asked for 3 dipping bowls to pour the sauces in ... And it was heaven. I liked the Strawberry Sauce but it was a vinegar hot so it kind of soured the taste of the cheesecake. However, the Vanilla Lemon was beautiful and the Cranberry was devine. In the future, should you choose to serve a plain cheesecake for dessert, you should serve it with a side of Toad Sweat's Cranberry hot sauce. You won't regret it!!!!
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