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Recipe: Durian Delight Cheesecake By Chef Wan

The dessert comes fitting in lieu of the durian season!

Ingredients 

22-cm Blind-baked Tart Shell:

  • 900 grams / 1¾ pounds Cream cheese
  • ½ cup / 4 fl oz Sour cream or natural Yoghurt
  • ¾ cup / 6 fl oz Honey
  • 1 tablespoon / ½ oz Castor sugar
  • 4 large Eggs, separated
  • ½ cup / 4 fl oz fresh Milk
  • 1½ cups / 12 fl oz Durian flesh
  • 1 tablespoon / ½ fl oz Vanilla essence
  • Castor sugar for dusting

22-cm Blind-baked Base:

  • 150 grams / 5 oz Butter, cut into large cubes, chilled
  • 57 grams Castor sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 340 grams All-purpose flour
  • 113 grams sliced toasted Almonds
  • Green beans / Chickpeas – enough to cover pan for a layer

Directions

22-cm Blind-baked Base:

  1. Place flour, butter, sugar and almond in a large bowl, and rub them through fingertips till rough dough is formed
  2. Add in egg, and continue to knead the dough till smooth. Add cold water if necessary. Place to rest in fridge for 20 minutes
  3. Place dough in a 22-cm non-stick springform pan. Pat pastry into corners of the pan, making sure the pan is evenly lined with pastry before trimming off the excess
  4. Score the pastry with a fork, and then place tin foil over the pastry and fill the top with green beans
  5. Bake the pastry for 20 minutes at 180°C (360°F), till crust becomes nice and golden. Remove foil (together with green peas)

Filling:

  1. With an electric mixer, blend the cream cheese till smooth
  2. Add in egg yolks one at a time, and leave the mixture blending for 2 minutes to mix well
  3. Add in sour cream, honey and milk, and vanilla essence. Blend till smooth
  4. Occasionally, use a plastic spatula to scrape the side of the bowl to avoid clumps
  5. Add in durian flesh and mix well
  6. In another bowl, beat egg whites till white and fluffy
  7. Fold the egg whites into the batter
  8. Pour batter unto blind-baked base, and bake for 50 minutes at 180°C (350°F)
  9. Turn off the oven heat, and leave the door ajar. Allow the cheesecake to cool in the oven for an hour or two
  10. Once the cheesecake has cooled, dust the top lightly with castor sugar

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