Key Lime Habanero Cheesecake

  • Difficult
  • 20 mins
  • 120 mins
  • Average budget

Ingredients

  • Crust
  • • 30 chocolate wafers (enough to make 1 1/2 cups of chocolate crumbs)
  • • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
  • Coulis
  • • 1 cup water
  • • 1 cup sugar
  • • 2 key limes, juiced
  • • candied hibiscus flowers
  • Filling
  • • 5 egg yolks
  • • 1/4 cup key lime juice
  • • 1 tablespoon key lime zest
  • • 1 cup sugar
  • • 1/2 habanero pepper, minced, no seeds
  • • 2 cups whipped cream cheese, softened
  • • 1 cup mascarpone cheese
  • Meringues
  • • 5 egg whites
  • • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • • 1 teaspoon white vinegar

Preparation

Step 1

Crust
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Put all the chocolate wafers in a resealable bag and then crush them into crumbs. Add the unsalted butter to the bag and mix together.
3. Mold the crust into the bottom of a spring form pan, about 1/4 inch thick. Bring it up the sides a little bit, about 1/2 an inch. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

Step 2

Coulis
1. Heat a pot over medium. Pour in the water, sugar, key lime juice, and candied hibiscus flowers. Bring to a boil.
2. Reduce the heat to medium low and simmer for 10 minutes.

Step 3

Filling
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. To the egg yolks, add: the key lime juice, lime zest, 1 cup of sugar, habanero pepper and whisk together. Add the cream cheese and mascarpone then mix for another 15 seconds. Set aside.

Step 4

Meringues
1. Whip the egg whites together with the white vinegar and 3 tablespoons of sugar. Delicately fold this meringue into the cheesecake mixture. Pour evenly over chocolate crust.

Step 5

Assembly and Cooking
1. Place 2 layers of aluminum foil in a roasting pan. Put the cake in the middle of the foil. Bring the foil up to create a seal. Pour water into the roasting pan, half way up the sides of the cake.
2. Bake for 1 hour., to 1 h30 depending on oven.
3. Allow the cake to cool completely on a countertop then refrigerate over night.
4. Serve each slice of this cheesecake drizzled with key lime and hibiscus coulis.