Vanilla Cheesecake Tartlets with Vanilla-Vodka Berries
- 2 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/2 cup (packed) dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
- 12 teaspoons vodka
- 6 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon unflavored gelatin
- 2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 2/3 cup plus 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise
- 6 tablespoons whipping cream
- 3 cups mixed berries (such as raspberries, blueberries and halved strawberries)
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Mix first 3 ingredients in large bowl until evenly moistened.
- Divide mixture among eight 4 1/2 x 3/4-inch tartlet pans with removable bottoms; press over bottoms and up sides.
- Bake until light brown, about 12 minutes.
- Cool crusts completely in pans on racks.
- Mix 8 teaspoons vodka and 4 teaspoons vanilla extract in small saucepan; sprinkle gelatin over.
- Let stand 10 minutes.
- Stir ober very low heat just until dissolved.
- Cool to barely lukewarm.
- Combine cream cheese, 2/3 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract in large bowl.
- Scrape in seeds from vanilla beans.
- Beat in cream, then gelatine mixture.
- Divide filling among crusts.
- Press bottoms of pans up releasing tartlets.
- Arrange tartlets on baking sheet.
- Chill 3 hours or overnight.
- Gently stir berries, 4 teaspoons vodka, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and 1/4 cup sugar in bowl.
- Let stand 15 minutes.
- Top tartlets with berry mixture.
graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar, unsalted butter, vodka, vanilla, unflavored gelatin, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla beans, whipping cream, mixed berries
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/vanilla-cheesecake-tartlets-with-vanilla-vodka-berries-100163 (may not work)