Gingerbread Cheesecake in a Baked Apple
60—80 Min
Cheesecake doesn't just come in a springform tin — you can also serve it in a baked apple with a walnut crumble. Seasoned with the gingerbread spices that grandma used to bake with, it has all the spices that remind you of your childhood. A wonderful aroma will fill your home as the cheesecake bakes in the oven.
Ingredients 8 Portions
For the cheesecake
- 1 Egg
- 90 gCaster sugar
- 220 gCream cheese
- 15 gAlmonds, ground
- 8 Hard apples
- 4 tsp.Grandmother's Gingerbread Seasoning Mix
- Butter to grease the dish
For the crisp
- 40 gButter
- 25 gSugar
- 55 gFlour
- 40 gWalnuts, ground
- 1 pinchBaking powder
- 1 tsp.Grandmother's Gingerbread Seasoning Mix
For the caramel sauce
- 120 gCaster sugar
- 90 gWater
- 200 gWhipping cream
- 50 gButter
- 1 pinchSea Salt, Coarse
- 4 tbsp.Grandmother's Gingerbread Seasoning Mix
Preparation
- 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F) using the convection oven setting and grease a baking dish with butter.
- 2
To make the filling: Combine the cream cheese with the egg, sugar, and Gingerbread seasoning mix.
- 3
Remove the core from the apples without making a hole in the base. Carefully scoop out the apples until the outside shell of the apples is 0.5 cm thick.
- 4
Fill the apples with the cheesecake filling. Don't fill the apples to the top as the mixture will rise in the oven.
- 5
To make the crisp: Rub in all the ingredients to a crumbly texture and then sprinkle onto the apples. Bake for around 35–40 minutes until the apples soften.
- 6
To make the caramel sauce: Heat the water and sugar in a pan and allow to caramelize. Mix the whipping cream, salt and Gingerbread seasoning mix in a bowl.
- 7
As soon as the caramel has turned the required color fold in the whipping cream and cook for a further 30 seconds until the mixture has thinned again, then remove from the heat.
- 8
Dice the butter and stir into the mixture. Pass the mixture through a sieve into a bowl and put to one side.
- 9
Remove the baked apples from the oven, serve with the caramel sauce and enjoy.
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