Fig and Honey Cheesecake

March 23, 2014

Taste the flavor of decadence, when you make this lovely fig and honey cheesecake. Made with wonderful goat's cheese, your tastebuds will dance when they experience the combination of sweet and savory. Fresh figs top off this beauty, and you will not be able to resist this lovely dessert.

Fig and Honey Cheesecake

240 ounces grams/ 8.5 plain flour

200 ounces grams/ 7 butter, coarsely chopped

80 ounces grams/ 2.8 ground almonds

1/4 cup pure icing sugar/confectioners sugar

For the filling:

452 ounces grams/ 16 cream cheese, at room temperature

300 ounces grams/ 11 goat’s curd, at room temperature

75 ounces grams/ 2.6 softened butter

4 eggs

3/4 cup raw caster sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 lemon, finely grated

1 tablespoon lemon juice

To serve:

6 black figs, cut into thin wedges

honey and chopped pistachios

Instructions

For almond pastry, process flour, butter, almonds and icing sugar until fine crumbs form. Turn onto a lightly floured work surface and knead lightly until dough comes together, press into the base of a 23cm/9″ springform pan lined with baking paper and refrigerate until rested and firm (2 hours).

If the dough is a little dry and does not come together easily – add a tiny amount of water.

Preheat oven to 175c/350f. Bake base until light golden and cooked through (30-40 minutes).

Meanwhile, beat cheeses, butter, eggs, sugar, vanilla and lemon zest in an electric mixer until combined and smooth. Spray or lightly grease the sides of the cake tin above the base and pour in the cream cheese filling. Bake until set (30-40 minutes) and cool to room temperature (2 hours).

Top with slivers of figs and pistachios and serve drizzled with honey.