Habanaro NY/Philly Style Cheesecake

I may be bending the rules a little here, this isn't my cooking but my daughters, I just have more experience createing an instructable.      The picture quality in no way reflects the quality of her cheesecakes which are to simply die for.  There are many styles of cheesecake this is just her interpretation and the cheesecake is thick, dense and creamy

Step 1: Lets go shopping

 This is NOT a cheap recipe and she seldom makes just one cheesecake, here's what she uses
 for the crust:
 One package of honey gram crackers
 1/2 cup melted butter
2 tablespoons suger

 for the cake:
 4 packages of cream cheese ( allow to soften at room temperature or pop in the microwave for about a minute)
1 1/4 cup sugar
 1 1/16 tablespoon of vanilla extract
 3 teaspoons cornstarch
16oz sourcream
3 full eggs and 1 egg white
 3 tablespoons habanaro hot sauce or to taste ( we should have used more or added a chopped fresh habanaro)
 of course you should adjust for your own tastes, or substitute jalapeno or other hot sauce

Comments

[jon ball]

http://www.bushabrowne.com/sauce_pukka.htm

Ha! I truly enjoy making cheesecakes and eating overly spicy foods!!!. The above link is to my favorite hab sauce - though they use the Jamaican Scotch Bonnet. It is fantastic. I've tried to get the company to sell me the 1 gallon version but since I don't own a restaurant........

This one looks pretty good!. I once made a very heavy chocolate one infused with Pure Cap. All chocolate flavor with a serious kick!

Glad to see that I'm not the only chili head that likes cheese cakes.

[dog and pony show]

I had a slice of something very much like this at a local restaurant. I was told the chef was experimenting... and I went for it. It was amazing... I've been looking for a recipe ever since. I will be trying this in a couple of weeks and will post my results.

I will try to find the best/purist habanero sauce possible because I really want it to be as "fresh" tasting as possible.

[l8nite]

Thank you for commenting. IMO the best tasting habanero hot sauce is from "el yucatero" I get a large bottle at a local mexican store but I know its available at Walmart Super Stores. We enjoyed this first attempt but there wasn't much heat or habaneros fruity flavor, for the 2nd attempt we used 3 medium sized habaneros very finely chopped and mixed with 2 shots of vodka that sat for 2days to extract some of the heat and flavor, this potent potion really kicked up the cheesecake, we also added some red food coloring to differentiate the "hot" cheesecake from the plain since they were going to a family buffet.

Please keep me updated if you make your own version