Recipes
How to make Delicious Baklava Cheesecake?
June - 18 - 2017
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By: Samia Al- Masri
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Ingredients
1 12 oz. package of digestive cookies 1/2 c. butter, softened 4 8 oz. packages cream cheese, softened 1 c. sugar 1-2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 teaspoon vanilla 4 eggs 1 cup chopped walnuts 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup butter, cubed 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 10 sheets of filo dough 1/3 cup butter, melted 1/2 cup Arabic attar, or simple syrup, or light corn syrup, heated
Method
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. To prepare crust: Pulse cookies in a food processor to form fine crumbs. If you don’t have a food processor, use a rolling pin to crush the cookies in a large zip lock bag. If using a food processor, add the 1/2 cup softened butter and pulse until incorporated. No processor, mix with a fork or by hand. Really get it in there.
- To prepare the cheesecake: In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar on high speed about 10 minutes (in a stand mixer or with a hand mixer) until fluffy. Add the lemon
- To prepare baklava: Combine walnuts, sugar, butter and cinnamon in a bowl and mix until crumbly. Cut filo sheets into 9 inch rounds. Use the spring-form pan as a stencil. Using the warm melted butter, brush 5 sheets of filo individually and set on top of the cheesecake filling. (Brush sheet with butter, place on top, brush sheet with butter, place on top, etc.)
- On top of the first 5 sheets of filo dough rounds, sprinkle with the baklava walnut mixture. Butter and layer 5 sheets of filo and place on top. Layer and butter another 5 filo sheets, lightly score into 10 equal sections without cutting all the way to center or outer edge.
- Place on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or unit Cool to room temperature. Refrigerate overnight for best results before slicing.
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