Cooking Up A Story

Ingredients

• 2 cups Heavy Cream
• 1/3 cup Sugar
• 6 each egg yolks
• 1 vanilla bean, seeded & scraped
• 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted
• ½ cup coffee
• 2 teaspoons espresso powder (add to hot coffee)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

Combine cream, sugar, vanilla bean seeds and cinnamon. Slowly bring up to a boil.

Meanwhile, whisk together egg yolks in a separate bowl.

When cream mixture has reached a boil, remove from heat and slowly whisk into egg yolks.

Return mixture to pot and cook over medium-low heat until thickened, whisking constantly. Be careful not to overcook the mixture or the eggs will curdle. You can also cook the mixture over a double boiler, it will take slightly longer but you will have more control over the temperature.

Strain mixture into clean bowl and then stir in chocolate and coffee. Immediately pour into serving cups and refrigerate.

Yield: 5-6oz. Cups

Recipe compliments of Robin Hassett

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Harvest Spice Cheesecake

Ingredients

• 1 lb 10oz Cream Cheese, softened to room temperature
• 1 1/8 cup Brown Sugar
• ½ teaspoon Vanilla
• 4 each eggs
• 1 each egg yolk
• 1/8 cup Cream
• 1 tablespoon Flour
• ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
• Pinch of both Ground Cloves and Nutmeg
• 2 cups crushed Graham Crackers
• 1/8 to ¼ cup Melted Butter
• 1 10” Springform Pan

Instructions

Mix together butter and graham cracker crumbs until slightly holds it shape when compacted. Press into bottom of springform pan and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Set aside.

In a stand mixer combine sugar and cream cheese. Mix on medium speed until light and fluffy stopping to scrape sides of bowl with rubber spatula a few times.

Add flour and spices to mixture and combine.

Add eggs, yolk, cream and vanilla last. Mix just until combined, finish stirring with rubber spatula.

Pour mixture onto to crust and bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes. Turn oven down to 275 degrees and continue baking for about 45 minutes or until cheesecake is firm and has a nice jiggle.

Yield: 1- 10” cheesecake

Recipe compliments of Robin Hassett

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