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| JoH |
Caramel Cheesecake (aka Better than Antonio Banderas naked)If you never do another thing in your life, make this...Caramel cheesecake 50g/20z unsalted butter 140g/5oz plain digestives crushed 4 gelatine leaves 400g/14oz creme fraiche 100g/4oz light muscovado 50g/2oz dark muscovado 1tsp vanilla extract 400g/14oz ricotta To serve: 50g/2oz fudge finely sliced (veg peeler works fine) icing sugar for dusting or Whipped cream and pecan nuts Melt butter in small pan, add digestives and mix. Pour into 9"/20cm spring form cake tin and flatten out with back of metal spoon until base is covered right to the edges. Cover in clingfilm and put in fridge to cool. Soak gelatin leaves in water for 5 minutes. Put creme fraiche, both sugars and a pinch of sea salt into a small pan and heat through until sugar has dissolved and you have a creamy beige liquid in front of you. Drain the gelatin leaves and add 3 tbsp boiling water, mix to dissolve the leaves and add to the beige liquid. Whisk thoroughly to ensure all is dissolved. Whisk ricotta till smooth and creamy, adding the beige liquid and vanilla essence as you go. Once all combined, pour over your biscuit base and chill overnight (or cheat and put into freezer for 2 hours then back into fridge. After about 4 hours in total it should be set - well mine was anyway. Remove from cake tin once set (press lightly with fingertip on surface and shuggle the filling, it should feel a bit like jelly) by running a knife round the edge. To decorate - Add your curls of fudge to the centre and dust lightly with icing sugar. Or serve with cream and pecans.  [/img]
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| lachlanandmarcus |
It must be very good if the title is true...mmmmmmm.... 
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| Maria |
It sounds scrummy. 
I want one...but I'm such a novice cook! What is muscovado - and is there an alternative to gelative leaves (carrot lovers a veggie and would kill me if I made this and she couldn't eat it!) |
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| andybebbington |
Muscovado is softish brown sugar comes in light and dark as for gelatine you can get a veggie version or possibly you could use arrowroot |
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| wildgarlic |
And... you can get these ingredients (apart from the gelatine) from the Neeps Food Co-op 
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| JoH |
Use this (I use it for vegetarian recipes which I am often called to make for customers) http://www.supercook.co.uk/products/gelatines/supercook-vege-gel/11142 or if you can get it use Agar-Agar powder or flakes. Muscovado is sticky and brown and as Shirley says, comes in light or dark. It has two distinctive traits which make it quite unique. The first is the coarse grain - very large, rough crystals which are unevenly sized. The second is the high molasses content of the sugar, which causes it to be dark, strongly flavored, and very sticky. These two traits can make substitutions for Muscovado sugar quite difficult and it is difficult to replicate. Billingtons make it and its available in most supermarkets (and through the Food Co-op as Shirley says  )
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| kimmie |
Opps andy it looks like you have morphed into WG 
think i will have to have a go at this ...although....NOTHING can be better than Antonio Banderas naked....can it? 
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| lor138 |
The recipe sounds delicious. I'll probably try this at the weekend. But as for Antonio Banderas naked..... No thankyou!!!! | ||||
| JoH |
Thats ok, you're not getting him!
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| wildgarlic |
Actually, I don't even know what he looks like. I assume he's an actor? |
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| andybebbington |
dont know i would say virtually anything is better than antonio banderas naked |
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| wildgarlic |
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| Maria |
Antonio Banderas naked AND serving caramel cheesecake. 
Thanks for all advice....doh...I did know what it was and have some in the kitchen. Didn't know about different types though. Thanks. Will defo be having a go at this...(cheesecake not Antonio as I know Jo has her eye on him )...Carrot Lovers trying her had at lemon curd tonight...but before the weeks out, if I remember gelatine substitute.
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| JoH |
Praise be to the Gods of Latino Men
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| kimmie |
 YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!! Hubba Hubba!!
oh i and i bet the cake is nice too! |
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| JoH |
Min! Photobucket objected to two animated emoticons making beautiful lurrrrrrrveve?!?! Its not like you could see anything! World nowadays
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| lor138 |
  
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| wildgarlic |
Well he's ok, but I wouldn't give up my piece of cheesecake
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| Sassinak |
I'll have the cheesecake please
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