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Taken from Mako's recipe "Habanero Lime Cheesecake That Can Kill White People". Easy to make. Hopefully, not too hot to eat. | |||
Taken from Mako's recipe | |||
==Ingredients== | ==Ingredients== | ||
[[Image:Cheesecake.jpg|200px|thumb|right|After 1 hour in the oven]] | [[Image:Cheesecake.jpg|200px|thumb|right|After 1 hour in the oven]] | ||
Crust: | Crust: | ||
1 1/2 cups of graham crackers ground into crumbs (or Ritz with honey) | |||
Pinch o salt | |||
1/3 cup melted butter | |||
Filling: | Filling: | ||
3 habanero peppers | |||
2 tablespoons sugar + 1 cup of sugar | |||
24 ounces cream cheese | |||
Pinch of salt | |||
3-4 eggs | |||
2 tablespoons heavy cream | |||
1 lime, zested | |||
1 very juicy lime or 2 less juicy limes, juice 'em | |||
==Preparation== | ==Preparation== | ||
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. | |||
2. Make crust: | |||
- Mix the crumbs and salt together in a small bowl, then add butter and stir to mix. | |||
- Set aside 1/4 cup crumbs for topping and press the rest into the bottom and sides of a pan. | |||
- Roast the habaneros in aluminium foil over burner and set them to steam under a towel OR put in a paperbag into an overn for 15 minutes and set it aside for 10 minutes. | |||
- When they are cool enough to handle, cut and deseed habaneros, then pound with the 2 tablespoons of sugar until you get a coarse paste. | |||
3. Work on the cream cheese: | |||
- Cream the cream cheese and then add remaining sugar and salt. | |||
- Beat in the eggs 1 at a time. | |||
- Add the heavy cream and blend. | |||
- Beat in the lime zest and lime juice. | |||
- Add the habanero paste and beat until well mixed. | |||
4. Pour into the crust, then gently tap the pan to level the filling. Sprinkle | |||
the reserved crumbs on top. | |||
5. Bake for approximately 1 hour or until the cheesecake pulls away from | |||
the edge of the pan. Remove from the oven and allow to set for 20 | |||
minutes. Wrap and keep in the refrigerator overnight. | |||
Yield: 16 servings, depending on how hot you can handle it. |