Persimmon Cheesecake

It's Thanksgiving time!

It's also Persimmon tree ripening time.  

Who is ready for a delicious graham cracker crusted vanilla ice cream topped persimmon cheesecake?  

Ingredients:

1 box of graham crackers - some for munching and 2 cups for the crust
1/3 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons melted butter

2 cups pureed persimmons
3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 1/4 cups white sugar
3/4 cup sour cream
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
6 eggs

1 1/4 cups sour cream
3 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Step 1 Choose your fruit wisely

Time to talk Persimmon basics. There are 2 types Hachiya and Fuyu.  The Fuyu's are rounder and somewhat smaller than Hachiya's.  Also, you can eat Fuyu's directly from the tree.  The Hachiya's are stringent and need to be cooked in order to be eaten.  

When Picking Hachiya's off the tree, you also need to choose the right ones.  You want to look for ones that are soft, almost mushy like.  

Class is over it's time to get to work.  

Comments

[jessyratfink]

I love persimmons - this sounds heavenly! :D

[leeski]

you missed a fun time at Christy & Eric's place. Although, by the time I finally started cooking the pie's were done after mostly everybody left....

[jen7714]

Great ible!! And I love persimmons! :)

[leeski]

I've had this tree in my backyard for the past 5 years and this was the first time that I've made something with it. thanks for your comments! I'm ready to try something else persimmony....