Raspberry Cheesecake Blossoms
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 3 (850.48 g) package frozen raspberries in light syrup, thawed
- 59.14 ml butter, melted
- 8 sheet phyllo dough (cover with plastic wrap and then a damp kitchen towel to prevent dough from drying out)
- 226.79 g package cream cheese, softened
- 118.29 ml cottage cheese
- 1 large egg
- 118.29 ml sugar, plus
- 44.37 ml sugar, divided
- 19.71 ml lemon juice, divided
- 2.46 ml vanilla
- fresh raspberry (to garnish)
directions
- Drain thawed raspberries in fine-0meshed sieve over 1-cup glass measure. Reserve Syrup.
- Preheat oven to 350°F Grease 12 (2 ½ inch) muffin cups.
- Brush melted butter onto 1 phyllo sheet. Cover with second phyllo sheet; brush with butter. Repeat with remaining sheets of phyllo.
- Cut stack of phyllo in thirds lengthwise and then in fourths crosswise, to make a total of 12 squares.
- Gently fit each stacked square into prepared muffin cup.
- Place cream cheese, cottage cheese, egg, 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 tsp lemon juice and vanilla in food processor or blender. Process until smooth. Divide mixture evenly among muffin cups.
- Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Carefully remove from muffin cups to wire racks to cool.
- Bring reserved raspberry syrup to a boil in small saucepan over medium-high heat.
- Cook until reduced to ¾ cup, stirring occasionally.
- Place thawed raspberries in food processor or blender. Process until smooth.
- Press through fine-meshed sieve with back of spoon to remove seeds.
- Combine raspberry puree, reduced syrup, remaining ½ cup sugar and 3 tsp lemon juice in small bowl. Mix well.
- To serve, spoon raspberry sauce onto 12 dessert plates. Place cheesecake blossom on each plate. Garnish, if desired, with whole raspberries and mint leaves.
Questions & Replies
Got a question?
Share it with the community!
Reviews
Have any thoughts about this recipe?
Share it with the community!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
<p>Click to feed animals I'm a retired teacher now living in the Jamaica Plain area of Boston. I have one daughter, 2 granddaughters, and 1 great-grandson(17 yo Dec '11)! I've travelled a bit throughout Europe and the U.S. as well as Honduras and Costa Rica. I think I may have some gypsy ancestors! I love to travel but am not able to anymore. So I do a LOT of reading instead. My current craft passion is knittng but I have dabbled in just about everything. I've done leaded glass work(stained glass), which I love; am working on counted cross stitch; and am willing to try any craft, at least once! I've also worked for a major insurance company as a case analyst. I have 2 cats, Teddy BB 11 .o. on the 19th of Feb, and CiCi who will be 5 years old on Mar 6th. src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/orn.jpg></p>