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White Chocolate and Halvah Hanukkah Cheesecake
Ingredients
Phyllo crust:
6 leaves phyllo pastry
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter,
melted
Cheesecake filling:
2 pounds cream cheese, at room
temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 (14-ounce) can condensed milk
1 tablespoon lemon juice
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon almond extract
4 ounces white chocolate or semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled
1 cup coarsely chopped marble or chocolate halvah
Tiny pinch of salt
1/2 cup sliced almonds, toasted
1/2 cup very finely ground marble halvah
Garnish:
White or semisweet chocolate shavings
Confectioners' sugar
Preparation
1. Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Have a 9" or 10" springform pan at hand.
2. Make phyllo crust: With a pastry brush, brush one sheet of phyllo lightly with melted butter. Line pan with phyllo, allowing excess to hang over edges of pan. Repeat, brushing each sheet with melted butter, until the crust has five layers. (If your brand of phyllo is smaller in dimension, do same procedure but overlap leaves to achieve excess draping or overhang).
3. Make filling: In a mixing bowl, on low speed, beat cream cheese with sugar, condensed milk, lemon juice, eggs, vanilla extract and almond extract until smooth, about 5 minutes.- Fold in white chocolate, halvah chunks, salt and almonds. Pour into prepared crust.
4. Fold over phyllo overhang to rest on top of batter. Garnish middle with ground halvah. Bake until cake is set, about 45 minutes. Cool cake in pan, set on wire rack, completely. Remove and chill cake until firm, overnight.
5. To serve, arrange chocolate curls or shavings in center of cake and then sift confectioners' sugar over top.
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Flavonoids, also found in wine are types of pigments that are water-soluble and created by plants of many varieties. There are thousands of different flavanoids. Plants use flavonoids in the process of photosynthesis.
How the human body actually uses and/or processes flavonoids is still not determined but they have been linked to good health in many areas - particularly blood circulation.
If you are a science buff, then you'll be interested to know that flavonoids are polyphenolic compounds containing 15 carbon atoms, two benzene rings joined by a linear three carbon chain. If you're just an average, everyday person with a sweet tooth, then you'll be interested to know that good things are contained in a single bite of dark chocolate. So please, put down the chemistry book and enjoy some today!