Apple Caramel Cheesecake

Ingredients

• 1½ cup Amoretti® Graham Natural Graham Cracker Cookie Crumbs
• 4 tbsp butter, melted
• 3 tbsp all purpose flour
• 3 tbsp sugar

• 3 - 8 oz packages cream cheese, room temperature
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• ½ cup heavy cream
• 1 tsp Amoretti® Vanilla Madagascar Bourbon W.S. 2X
• pinch nutmeg
• 2 tbsp Amoretti® Crema di Caramel™ Syrup, for swirling

• 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced
• 1½ tsp butter
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• pinch nutmeg

• 9″ springform pan

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Combine all ingredients for the crust and press into a 9″ springform pan or a baking dish. Ensure that this pan or dish will fit into a larger dish or sheet pan, to hold the water during baking.
3. Bake the crust for 10 minutes until golden.
4. Set aside to cool. Turn oven down to 250°F.

5. Beat the cream cheese for a few minutes, scraping the bowl, until smooth.
6. Add the sugar and beat again, scraping the bowl, for about 3 minutes.
7. Add the eggs and yolk one at a time, scraping the bowl in between each addition.
8. Add the cream, Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla and nutmeg and mix again, scraping bowl, until the mixture is smooth.

9. Wrap springform pan with foil, to ensure no water will leak into the crust during baking.
10. Pour half the filling into the cooled crust and swirl with half the Crema di Caramel™ Syrup. Add the remaining filling and top with remaining Syrup, swirl again.
11. Place the cheesecake onto a sheet pan or large roasting pan and fill about ¼ of the way up with hot water.
12. Bake the cheesecake in a 250°F oven for about an hour.
13. Do not over bake the cake, or it will crack. It should be firm when moved. If it is beginning to puff up, it is done.
14. Let it cool completely and then chill for at least 4 hours, overnight is best. Once cooled, the cheesecake can be frozen and then wrapped and returned to the freezer.

15. Sauté the apples with butter and spices for 5-8 minutes.
16. Turn off heat and let apples sit in pan to rest.
17. Cut cheesecake and place a piece of caramelized apple onto each slice, or dice and place a spoonful of diced apples on each slice.