Manouri Cheesecake With Wine Poached Peaches And Phyllo Cigars Recipes

Steps:

• Combine the melted butter and ground graham crackers on the bottom and up the sides of a 10-inch springform pan and chill.
• Preheat the oven to 325°F.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer whisk together all the.
• remaining ingredients for the cheesecake.
• Pour into the chilled springform pan and bake until set, about 1 1/4 hours.
• While the cheesecake is baking, make the fruit topping: Poach the peaches and figs in the wine together with the spices until the figs soften.
• Remove peaches and figs with a slotted spoon and strain the liquid.
• Put back into a pot and simmer until reduced to a loose syrup consistency. Place the fruit back into the reduced wine.
• Make the cigars: Place the first phyllo sheet in front of you, brush with butter and sprinkle with half the nut and sesame seed.
• filling.
• Sprinkle lightly with sugar and cinnamon and roll up along the horizontal end very tightly to get a thin cylinder.
• Repeat with the second sheet and nut-sesame-seed mixture.
• Bake on a buttered sheet pan until crisp and golden, remove, cool, and, using a serrated knife cut into 8 equal pieces.
• When the cheesecake is set and golden, remove and cool.
• Remove from the springform pan and cut into 8 slices.
• To serve: top with the peach-wine mixture and garnish with a phyllo cigar.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees Position rack in center of oven Brush two sheets of phyllo pastry with the melted butter.
• Top each with another sheet of phyllo, brush with butter.
• Cut each stack in half crosswise to form four squares.
• Place frozen cheesecake in center of each square.
• Top cheesecake with 1 tbsp raspberry jam.
• Wrap phyllo around cheesecake, pinching together to form a purse.
• Brush with butter.
• Bake 400 degree oven for 10- 12 minutes.
• In pan stir together orange juice and remaining jam.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium and cook 3- 5 minutes.
• Serve sauce overtop of warm cheesecake.