Baklava cheesecake. Baklava Cheesecake With sugared cranberries and rosemary sprigs, my unique baklava cheesecake makes a grand display for office parties and other special events. —Aryanna Gamble, New Orleans, Louisiana Baklava Cheesecake Recipe photo by Taste of Home Baklava Cheesecake Be the first to rate & review! A simple cheesecake is a delight in and of itself, but what we love most about the classic, creamy dessert is that it's an excellent vehicle for experimentation. Baklava Cheesecake is the ultimate fusion of nutty crunch baklava and sweet soft cheesecake, encased in a flaky filo pastry. Baklava cheesecake

You can cook Baklava cheesecake using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Baklava cheesecake
  1. Prepare 1 box of mediterranean phylo pastry.
  2. You need of Melted ghee or melted butter.
  3. It’s of Cupcake pans.
  4. You need 1 packet of tennis biscuits.
  5. You need 4 tbsp of butter.
  6. It’s 250 ml of fresh cream.
  7. It’s 1 of slab milkybar.
  8. Prepare 1 tub of lancewood cream cheese.
  9. You need to taste of Icing sugar.
  10. You need of Chopped dates (optional).
  11. Prepare of Chopped pecans.
  12. You need of Chopped almonds.
  13. You need of Chopped pitachios.
  14. You need of Orange blossom honey.

This special dessert is perfect for holidays, birthdays and special occasions. Baklava Cheesecake With a phyllo and nut topping drenched in a cinnamon and cognac flavored syrup, this cheesecake takes its inspiration from traditional baklava. Phyllo is also used as the pastry in place of the usual cheesecake cookie crust, and completely encases the honey sweetened filling. Try not to skimp on using cognac or a good brandy.

Baklava cheesecake instructions

  1. Phylo- Cut squares of 11 x 11cm of pastry. Leave under a damp cloth till done. Cut 6 squares for each hole..

  2. Place square down, brush with ghee, place other piece in shape of diamond, brush with ghee. Repeat till 6th piece. Brush pan with ghee. Preheat oven to 180 deg C..

  3. Place phylo in pan tucking neatly. Place on middle shelf of oven and keeping an eye on pastry bake till golden brown. Remove and cool..

  4. Whip fresh cream till stiff peaks form..

  5. Whisk cream cheese, melt chocolate and fold into cream cheese. Add icing sugar to taste..

  6. Gently fold whipped cream into cream cheese..

  7. Crush 1/2 packet biscuits and add in melted butter. Mix well..

  8. Spoon cream cheese mixture into phylo cups, then chopped nuts (and dates if using), then spoon in tennis crumbs. Spoon on more cream cheese mixture and more chopped nuts..

  9. Drizzle with honey and chill in fridge. Serve cold..

  10. Note: with the use of honey and dates, may not need to add sugar. Taste is up to you..

Add lemon juice, vanilla and eggs, one at a time. The filling of the cheesecake is your standard cheesecake with a bunch of baklava walnut filling in the middle. It's a simple mixture - walnuts, cinnamon, melted butter and honey. Those are all tossed together and added to the middle of the cheesecake. Baklava (bahk-lah-VAH) is a sweet dessert made with layers of butter-drenched pastry, spices and nuts.