Macadamia Cheesecake
- 1 cup macadamia nuts salted
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine,melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cream cheese 3 oz
- 2 cream cheese pkts, 8 oz
- 4 egg yolks lrgs
- 3 tablespoons liqueur
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- whipped cream
- strawberries
- mint sprigs
- 1 cup passion fruit puree
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 cup strawberries
- In a blender, whirl 1/4 cup nuts until ground; scrape into an 8" cake pan with removable rim. Add cracker crumbs, butter, and 1 tablespoon sugar; mix and press over pan bottom.
- Chop remaining nuts. In a bowl, beat smoothly with a mixer the remaining sugar, cream cheese, yolks, liqueur, and vanilla; scrape bowl as needed. Mix in chopped nuts.
- Spread batter onto crust in pan. Bake in 325'F. oven until cake jiggles only slightly when gently shaken, about 40 minutes. Let cool on a rack, then cover and chill until cold, at least 2 hours or up 1 day.
- Run a knife between cake and rim; remove rim. Spoon 2 tablespoons lilikoi sauce onto each dessert plate; spoon strawberry sauce in dots onto lilikoi sauce. Pull a knife tip through dots to make designs.
- Set cake wedges on plates; garnish with cream, berries, and mint.
- *** LILIKOI SAUCE***
- To make passion fruit puree, cut 24 passion fruit (about 2 pounds total) in half; scoop pulp and seeds into a fine strainer over a bowl. Rub firmly to remove all pulp from seeds; discard seeds. (For about $12 for 2 pounds, plus shipping.)
- In a 1 to 1 1/2 quart pan, mix sugar and cornstarch; add puree.
- Stir over medium-high eat until boiling, 4-5 minutes. Let cool; stir occasionally. If made ahead, chill airtight up to 1 day.
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Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Macadamia-Cheesecake-1659761 (may not work)