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Sweet and Spicy Cheesecake Bundles

 
Yield:
140 servings, 1 bundle and 1 Tbsp. dipping sauce each

Ingredients

Ingredients Weights Measures
Sweet & Spicy Sauce
Juice squeezed from fresh lemons - 4 each
juice squeezed from fresh limes - 4 each
sugar 4 lb. 2 qt.
water 4 lb. 2 qt.
jalapeño peppers, cut in half 8 oz. 8 each
five-spice powder - 4 tsp.
honey 1 lb. + 2 oz. 1-1/3 cups
Cheesecake
NABISCO Graham Cracker Crumbs 1 lb. + 10 oz. 1-1/2 qt.
butter, melted 8 oz. 1 cup
sugar, divided 2 lb. + 2 oz. 1 qt. + 3/4 cup
five-spice powder - 4 tsp.
PHILADELPHIA Original Cream Cheese, softened 8 lb. -
flour 2 oz. 1/2 cup
vanilla 1-1/4 oz. 2-1/2 Tbsp.
sour cream 2 lb. 1 qt.
eggs 2 lb. 16 each
Bundles
butter, melted 2 lb. 1 qt.
frozen phyllo sheets, thawed, cut into 6-inch squares 8 lb. 350 sheets

Directions

SWEET & Spicy Sauce: Add juices and squeezed fruit halves to large saucepan. Add all remaining ingredients except honey. Bring to boil on medium heat, stirring frequently; simmer 10 min. Stir in honey. Return to boil; cook 1 min. Cool to room temperature. Strain sauce; discard citrus halves. Refrigerate sauce until ready to use.

CHEESECAKE:
MIX graham crumbs, butter, 3/4 cup sugar (or 3 Tbsp. sugar for trial recipe) and five-spice powder. Press onto bottoms of 4 foil-lined half-steam table pans (or onto bottom of 1 foil-lined half-steam table pan for trial recipe). Set aside while preparing filling.

BEAT cream cheese, remaining 1 qt. sugar (or remaining 1 cup sugar for trial recipe), flour and vanilla in 12-qt. bowl (or in 6-qt. bowl for trial recipe) of mixer fitted with paddle attachment 1 min. Scrape paddle, side and bottom of bowl. Beat an additional 1 min. Blend in sour cream on low speed just until combined. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing after each addition just until blended. Pour evenly over crusts.

BAKE in 300ºF-convection oven 25 to 27 min. or until centers are almost set, rotating pans after 15 min.; cool completely. Refrigerate several hours or overnight.

BUNDLES:
REMOVE Cheesecakes from pans. Trim and discard 1/4-inch-wide piece from each side; cut each trimmed cheesecake into 35 rectangles.

STACK 5 phyllo squares for each bundle, brushing every other sheet with butter and drizzling 1/2 tsp. Sweet & Spicy Sauce between each layer. Brush top with butter. Place cheesecake piece in center of phyllo; drizzle with 1/2 tsp. Sweet & Spicy Sauce.

FOLD 1 corner of phyllo square over cheesecake, then fold 2 opposite sides of phyllo over cheesecake. Lightly brush edges of unfolded corner with water before folding over cheesecake. Press seams together lightly to seal. Place, seam-sides down, in single layer in parchment paper-lined sheet pans. Refrigerate 1 hour.

BRUSH bundles with remaining butter. Bake in 400ºF-convection oven 6 to 8 min. or until lightly browned. Drizzle each with 1/2 tsp. Sweet & Spicy Sauce. Serve warm with 1 Tbsp. Sweet & Sour Sauce served with each bundle for dipping.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Make Ahead
Sweet & Spicy Sauce can be stored in refrigerator up to 2 days before using.
Make Ahead
Wrap unbaked bundles tightly; freeze up to 2 weeks. Thaw overnight in refrigerator, then bake as directed.
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