Recipe from The Best of the Best and More (The Best of Bridge) by Halpen Brimacombe, Miles Jacobson, and Wilson Robinson
Cooks&Books&Recipes Editors:
The title of this recipe, “Grand Slam Finale,” doesn’t really tell you much, does it? But the photo does. This is a classic, scrumptious strawberry cheesecake laced with orange liqueur (or frozen orange concentrate) and garnished with cut strawberries around the side. And it’s crazy-easy to make! When a recipe is the best of the best, there’s really no need to say more. This strawberry/orange cheesecake is a grand slam, a total win.
Grand Slam Finale (Strawberry/Orange Cheesecake)
Featured Recipe From: The Best of The Best and More Recipes
Ingredients:
- 1 cup (250 ml) (30 wafers) vanilla wafer cookie crumbs
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) toasted almonds, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) butter, melted
- 4 cups (1 L) fresh strawberries
- 12 oz. (340 g) Good-quality white chocolate
- 4 oz. (115 g) Cream cheese
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) sugar
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) orange liqueur or frozen orange juice concentrate
- 1 tsp. (5 ml) Vanilla
- 2 cups (500 ml) whipping cream
- cocoa powder
Directions:
- Combine wafer crumbs, almonds and butter. Press into bottom of a 9" (23 cm) springform pan.
- Wash, dry and hull berries. Reserve a couple for garnish. Cut a few strawberries in half, lengthwise, and press flat sides all around side of springform pan. Arrange whole berries, points up, on crust.
- Chop chocolate and melt in double boiler or microwave. Cool slightly. Beat cheese until smooth, then beat in sugar. Mix in liqueur (or juice) and vanilla. Slowly beat in chocolate.
- Whip the cream. Stir about 1/3 of cream into chocolate mixture and fold in the remainder. Pour over berries, shaking pan gently to fill in between berries.
- Refrigerate at least 3 hours (overnight is fine). Remove sides and bottom of springform pan. Dust with cocoa and garnish with reserved strawberries.
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Excerpted from The Best of The Best and More Recipes, from The Best of Bridge Cookbooks (Robert Rose Inc., www.robertrose.ca). Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
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