by Stephen Coe
(BOKX 109, Newton, MA)
Smoked Honey Lavender Cheesecake
Ingredients: 1# cream cheese
1 cup sour cream
1/3 cup of Chef Coe's Honey
1 cup Sugar
6 to sheets gelatin
1 Cup blue or huckle berry puree
2T lavender
1 TBSP. Chef Coe's Raw Honey Comb as Garnish
Process: Whip cream cheese until soft and about room temperature, set aside. Heat the honey, sour cream and sugar. Bloom gelatin until soft and add to warm sour cream mixture. Fold sour cream mixture into cream cheese and add the lavender and half the amount of blue or Huckle berry puree. Fill desired mold 3/4 way and then top with crumb and place in refrigerator until set! This should take a couple of hours.Use The rest of Berry Puree as sauce on bottom of plate.
Garnish the plate with fresh comb.
Sub Recipe Name: Graham Cracker Crust
Ingredients: 1.5cup graham cracker crumb
1/3 Cup Honey
1/3 cup sugar
6 T Melted butter
1/2tsp cinnanmon
Process: Mix all ingredients together.
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