Houjicha Cheesecake Bars

15Nov10

I adore cheesecake! I try to come up with a new flavor of cheesecake once or twice a year. My latest creation is cheesecake bars flavored with Houjicha, a roasted version of Japanese green tea with marvelous fragrance and low caffeine. Directions: 1. Simmer 200 cc (4/5 cup) of canned, unsweetened, evaporated milk with 10 [...]

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Tags: cake bars, candied ginger, cheesecake, cream cheese, finger food, green tea, hojicha, japanese tea, whipped cream

Sakura Cheesecake

05Mar10

I am nuts about cheesecake, and each season of the year inspires me to make up a new recipe. Welcome cherry blossom-viewing season with this fragrant Sakura Cheesecake. The gentle cherry blossom scent comes from using salt-preserved cherry leaves. The leaves have the greater share of this fragrance, and though I used salt-preserved cherry blossoms [...]

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Tags: cheesecake, cherry blossoms, flower-viewing, Japan, Japanese, Pie, sakura, spring

Yuzu Cheesecake

28Sep09

Ingredients: cream cheese, 200 grams (about 7 oz ) plain yogurt, 160 cc (about 5.5 oz) fresh eggs, 2 granulated white sugar, 2/3 cup flour, 3 Tablespoons sugared yuzu peel, 100 grams (about 3.5 oz) orange liqueur, 1 teaspoon pie crust whipped cream for garnish (optional) freeze-dried yuzu zest for garnish (optional) The photo below [...]

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Tags: cheesecake, citrus, heavy cream, Pie, yogurt, yuzu

Umeboshi Cheesecake

28Sep09

I am absolutely nuts about cheesecake. I invent a new cheesecake recipe at the rate of about once each season of the year. One of my family’s favorites is the Persimmon Cheesecake that I make every fall. Earlier this spring I invented a cherry blossom-scented Sakura Cheesecake. Recently my eye wandered to my stock of [...]

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Tags: cheesecake, heavy cream, pickled plums, Pie, umeboshi