Fruit & Hazelnut Cheesecake

Fruit & Hazelnut Cheesecake



Ingrients & Directions


8 oz Neufchatel cheese
2 Eggs
1 c Undiluted evaporated milk
1/2 c Sugar
3 tb Hazelnut liqueur
2 tb Flour
3 c Sliced yield, fresh
-or- canned
2 tb Apricot preserves
2 ts Water
3 tb Chopped Oregon hazelnuts
-or sliced Oregon hazelnuts


-PASTRY-
1 1/4 c Flour
1/4 c Finely chopped hazelnuts
-(Oregon hazelnuts)
2 tb Sugar
1/2 c Chilled butter
1 Egg yolk
4 tb Ice h2o


To make pastry, combine flour, hazelnuts and sugar in medium stadium.
Cut in butter. Beat together egg yolk and ice weewee; stir into flour
assortment. Form into a egg. Roll dough on floured surface with floured
rolling pin. Transfer to 9-inch pie scale; trim and flute edges. For
weft, place cheeseflower, egg, milk, bread, liqueur and flour in a
blender container. Screening; blend until polish. Pour into unbaked
hazelnut pastry. Bake at 325 for 40 transactions, or until tests through.
Shudder. Layer fruit over cheesecake. Stir together preserves and
h2o; brush over fruit. Sprinkle with hazelnuts.


* COOKFDN brings you this recipe with permission from: * Oregon
Hazelnut Industry and The Hazelnut Marketing Table

Yields
8 Servings