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Home baked Cheesecake Challenge: Flavour no. 38 Chestnut Cheesecake

What cheesecake will you try this time? My friend started to mention..cherry,raspberry,mango, chocolate etc. ..done!

I already tried 37 flavours and did some Filipino and Arabic twist also like kanafah,baklava,Ube,bibingka,sweet potato…then suddenly she said ..”Chestnut “…hmmm, it taste like sweet potato, isn’t it?

Well, try.. and let us know!

Alright,why not? Where will I get Chestnut?

Suddenly , I remember my trip to Luzern, Switzerland, at the end of the Chapel bridge there’s a small stall called ..Heissi Marroni, I was new to the place and it was raining and cold,I wonder about the name, agh… I can’t resist the urge 🙂 this little stall are great to sidle up in cold days,like a blast of warmth,to reinvigorate frozen bone and what could be a big bonus? having heissi maronni, yes! ..roasted chestnut …nice!

Heissi Marroni

roasted chestnut

As expected I didn’t find any chestnut at the supermarket here in Jeddah, so I went to sweet shop and bingo!

Honey chestnut

Flavour no. 38 – Chestnut Cheesecake

Flavour no. 38 Chestnut Cheesecake

Ingredients:

Crust:

12 pcs. Digestive biscuits (crushed)

1/3 cup roasted coconut flakes

3 tbsp. butter

1 tbsp sugar

Filing:

2 (300g) Philadelphia Cream Cheese

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs plus 1 egg yolk

1/2 cup plain yoghurt

1/2 cup whipping cream

1 tsp vanilla

3/4 cup chopped honey walnuts

Topping:

orange marmalade

honey walnuts

marshmallow

Directions:

Pre heat oven Gas mark # 3

Combine biscuits,coconut flakes,sugar and butter. Mix it together and press onto the springform pan (any size will do).

Set aside.

Cream the cheese, add sugar, eggs (one at a time ) beat at medium speed, combine yoghurt .whipping cream and vanilla. Add to the cheese mixture, mix thoroughly until smooth. Divide the batter into two part. Pour first part onto the prepared crust. Add the walnuts and top it with the remaining batter.

Bake for 1 hr (water bath), turn off the heat and open slightly the oven door, leave it for another 30 minutes, remove and let it cool for another 2 hours . Chill for 4 hours, preferably overnight.

Serving Suggestions:

with honey walnut and marshmallow

i tried to roast the marshmallow with flame torch and this is what i got 🙂

Happy birthday to me! hahaha free candle on top!

Ladies, this is so sweet! If your watching your weight , you can reduce the sugar to 3 tablespoon.

good luck!

cheers,

jamilamimi

August 26, 2014
#1

Introducing my Nomadic Chef Kevin…way to go kevs! soon your dream will come true…small steps to success..simplicity and Honesty…good luck my son, God bless.

Kevin|The Nomad

I believe i have lost my sense in cooking. On how I should be cooking,

Ive spent the last two years trying to make something out of this passion. Something I keep on forgetting is that I cook because I enjoy cooking for others. The last two years was spent on trying to come up with some recipe that hasnt been heard of before. I didnt try to appeal to anyone really, more for myself but the constant battles with the number one critic is making it hard to find any satisfaction. Ive gained more satisfaction from serving homemade pizza to my friends than trying to serve something that didnt make any sense.

I constantly try to make myself believe that i will be the crazy one. I shall have that random click that will make the norm boring. This is all good but i think i was going to…

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August 25, 2014
Home baked Cheesecake Challenge : Flavour no. 37 Oreo Cheesecake

I have a friend whom I see only once a year, she has 4 children and I thought of welcoming them with my cheesecake challenge. I already did chocolate cheesecake so what flavour would the adult and children love to taste?

Well, my sons when they were young they love Oreo cookies and I also like it.. I guess it’s one of the world’s favourite cookies, don’t you think? no rolling of eyes please! I know, chocolate, orange, peanut butter lick it all hahaha…

here we go…OREO cheesecake 🙂 for Flavour no. 37 yay!

Ingredients:

Crust:

12 Oreo cookies, crushed

3 tbsp butter

Filling:

3 pkg (300g) Philadelphia cream cheese

1/3 cup sugar

1/2 cup whipping cream

1/2 cup plain yoghurt

1 egg plus 4 egg yolk

1 tsp citroen essence (optional)

1/2 cup crushed Oreo cookies

Directions:

Pre heat oven Gas mark #3

Mix butter and Oreo cookies, press onto the spring-form pan. Set aside

Mix cream cheese and sugar,beat at medium speed ( I always make sure that the cheese is at room temperature for easy mixing) Add citroen essence,yoghurt and whipping cream. Add one egg then one egg yolk at a time. Mix thoroughly. Divide the mixture into two. Pour the first mixture onto the prepared pan, add the crushed Oreo cookies on top, Pour the remaining half of the mixture. Wrap the bottom of the pan with aluminium foil, place unto a bigger pan with hot water, bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Turn off the heat, leave the oven door slightly open for another 30 minutes before removing it.Let it cool for another 30 minutes. Chill for 4 hours or overnight before topping.

Fresh from the oven..no crack! 🙂

no crack!

layers of Oreo cookies

My chef kevin said, be brave in transferring the cheesecake from the pan to the plate, so every time I do it, I remember him and it’s like a chant..be brave.be brave 🙂

a bit of the crust left but otherwise the cake is in one piece!

I didn’t have the chance to cut it and take a photo, after topping it,I put it in the box to my friends’ hand.

Here’s the close up photo

yum!

I also did a mini version like a mini mouse…trying to be creative somehow 🙂

An Oreo cheesecake resembling a lava cake 🙂

Ladies, I must say this is really a sweet overload!

Cheers,

jamilamimi

August 22, 2014
Wordless Wednesday

my morning wish 🙂

August 19, 2014
Home baked Cheesecake Challenge: Flavour # 36 Caramel Cheesecake with pine nuts and almond nuts

organic brown sugar

One of my clinic staff brought an organic brown sugar from Indonesia, she said it’s from coconut. I think it is called “Organic Coconut Palm sugar. the moment she handed it to me, I thought about hmmm… Cheesecake.. of course! when sugar melts and heavy cream was added, the outcome was a deep flavoured caramel.

Flavour no. 36 Caramel Cheesecake

mini caramel cheesecake with pine nuts

I did two version, one with pine nuts and another one with almond nuts. Both are deliciously tasty 🙂

Caramel Cheesecake with almond nuts

Ingredients:

Crust:

12 pcs Digestive biscuits (crushed)

1/3 cup almond meal

3 tbsp brown sugar

1/3 cup melted butter

Filling:

2 pks (300 g each) Philadelphia cream cheese

1/2 cup sugar

4 egg yolk

1 tsp citrus essence flavor

1/2 whipping cream

1/2 cup sour cream

Directions:

Pre heat oven gas mark # 3

Mix biscuits,sugar,almond meal with melted butter, press unto the baking pan. Bake for 10 min, set aside

Beat Cream Cheese in medium speed. Add sugar and citrus essence flavour. Add one egg yolk at a time while continuously mixing, Combine whipping cream and mix it throughly with cheese batter mixture. Pour unto the prepared pan. Cover the bottom with aluminium foil. Place the pan into another bigger pan with 3 cups of hot water. Bake for 1 hour.Open the oven door slightly , Pour the sour cream mix with 1 tbsp of sugar, leave it for another 30 minutes. Turn off the heat. Leave for another 30 minutes to cool down. Remove and place it in the rack to cool down for another one hour. Chill for another 4 hours before topping with caramel and nuts.

Serving suggestions:

August 17, 2014
Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette

Creating a silhouette of holding the sun before darkness…

A silhouette of camels sun gazing …

Creating a silhouette of my friend dancing at sundown…

August 15, 2014
You’re the only one!

for my one and only

I made this for you on your special day,

Red tulip for your red lips, i know you like red lips 🙂

If I am on your side, I’ll bake you strawberry cheesecake

Take you to shopping and chowking, I know you’ll ask for it 🙂

It’s been 55 years, I said all the things I love and wish for you…

At 87th I can’t think no more, only thank God for all the blessings

and may He give you more strength and years of healthy living…

I thank you for the endless love and care you’re giving to papa,

You are the best among the best!

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH…Happy Birthday ma!

August 15, 2014
Wordless Wednesday

cowabunga

August 12, 2014
Bonding time at Eric Zemmour, Jeddah KSA

Last week, I blogged about 5’Os meeting 6’Os…what about if 2’Os to be.. meet double 5 ?? A mother and daughter bonding?

I wish! Well, having only two sons without a daughter is also fun… we enjoy travelling together, we share same interest like photography and food but it’s nothing like .. let’s go to salon…let’s pamper ourselves 🙂

So, I asked Kristine my daughters’ friend, she is like my daughter and one of the pioneer members of the “Kids Fun Club” I organised and handled from 2001-2010. Imagine.., she was only 6 yrs. old then..and now a blooming lovely lady. Yakks! I think I felt I am on my 60s!

#throwback
I miss you all!

We went to ‘Eric Zemmour” a luxurious hair salon in Rawdah District, Jeddah KSA. To my surprise, this is the same staff in E-spa where I used to do my hair and my regular gym routine. Hmmm, I wonder what they gonna do with my membership? I believe they still owe me 2-3 months, Let’s wait and see 🙂

choosing nail polish

before haircut

what a beautiful hair

before

any similarity?

Anyhow, back to beauty regimen, I decided to have a new colour and Kristine choose to do her nails.

I choose a bit dark colour to cover my grey hair and trim down my hair. Well, another coincidence, my hair stylist name is also Meriam, She is from Morroco, her hand is soft which is good for my delicate scalp.

It’s friday and there were men still working outside the building, so I guess there was some water difficulty somewhere that they used cold mineral water to rinse my hair 🙂 I like it though, cool and the chair massage was on, so kind of tickly to my ear and back hahaha way to go!

front view

side view

Here’s before and after photo;

Well, what’s your verdict?… not bad for soon to be double 5!

And after salon, of course, we went to The Cheesecake factory, I ordered skinnylicious veggie burger unfortunately, it was not available, so it’s Friday..no diet… Enjoy! huh! I ate all the french fries on the side ( I was so engrossed to our conversation ) Excuses :-)… I know! Seriously, It was a beautiful night for two beautiful ladies…psst! we forego of cheesecake, Our tummy was already complaining so we ended the night with good smile and sweet memories.

Thank you Kristine, hope to see you more often while your still on holiday.

Ladies, my verdict? it’s ok! not bad…good experience at Eric Zemmour.

Did I mentioned the cost? 🙂 🙂 secret! oh well, the hair cut cost 150 SR and one hair colour cost SR380. Expensive??

Cheers,

jamilamimi

August 11, 2014
Weekly Photo Challenge: Texture

Sand dune At Jeddah, Saudi Arabia creates different natural texture…

August 10, 2014