Recipe - Baklava Cheesecake

FILLING
32 ounce Cream cheese; room
temperature
1 cup Clover honey
One fourth cup Lemon juice (fresh)
2 teaspoon Vanilla
6 Jumbo eggs; room temperature

BAKLAVA TOPPING
One half cup Walnuts
One half cup Almonds; blanched
1 tablespoon Granulated sugar
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
One half tablespoon Butter (unsalted); clarified
1 tablespoon Lemon juice (fresh)
1 Stick (1One half inch) cinnamon
1 tablespoon Cognac

From: ak399@cleveland.freenet.edu (Carole A. Resnick)

Date: 21 Oct 1993 06:25:23 GMT
Beat cream cheese in large bowl of electric mixer until light & fluffy.
Gradually mix in honey, then lemon juice & vanilla. Beat in eggs 1 at a
time until just incorporated. Set aside. Stir through filling & pour into
crust.

Cover filling with overhanging phyllo, squaring at edge of pan.

Bake until pastry is light brown and cake is firm to touch, about 50 mins.

Remove pan sides; using toothpick, poke 12 holes in top of cake to allow
steam to escape. Cool completely on rack. Refrigerate 2 days to mellow
flavors, covering after first day.

Baklava Topping: Preheat oven to 350. Cover baking sheet with 2 pieces of
parchment. Coarsely grind all nuts with 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 tsp.
cinnamon in processor. Stack 10 reserved phyllo pastry sheets on work
surface. Set rim of 10inch springform pan atop pastry. Cut around inside
of rim through entire stack using sharp knife, making 10 rounds. Cover
rounds with damp towel. Set pan rim on prepared baking sheet.

Brush parchment and inside of pan rim with butter. Place one pastry round
in pan rim and brush with butter. Repeat with four more rounds. Spread
nut mixture evenly over pastry. Top with remaining 5 pastry rounds,
brushing each with butter. Using ruler as guide, cut pastry into 16 wedges
(or however many pieces you want) with sharp knife. Sprinkle lightly with
water. Bake until crisp and golden, about 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, heat One half cup sugar, water, and lemon juice in heavy small
saucepan over low heat, swirling pan occasionally until sugar dissolves.
Add cinnamon stick, increase heat to medium and boil until syrupy, about 4
minutes. Remove from heat. When bubbles subside, add Cognac.

Flatten pastry atop cake. Remove pan rim from topping. Set topping on
cake, using large spatula. Recut wedges. Replace pan rim on assembled
cake. Immediately pour on hot syrup. Cool one hour.

Refrigerate one to 6 hours, preferably six hours. Let cake stand at room
temperature for 20 minutes before serving.

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