"Cheesecake"

Our next tasty creation was an all-time favorite of mine: cheesecake. It involved three different components: the cheesecake itself, a strawberry coulis and chocolate leaves (not pictured above.) We used a dark cookie crumb crust to begin with and made the traditional cheesecake to go with it. There was also orange zest that was added to this recipe to add flavor. We prepared a strawberry coulis by combining strawberries, orange juice and sugar and refridgerating that mixture. Finally, the last part of this recipe was chocolate leaves. We washed and dried the leaves and simply painted a layer of chocolate on the underside of the leaves. Unfortunately, the layer of chocolate wasn't thick enough and we weren't able to peel the chocolate off the leaves successfully. Even with that minor complication the cheesecake still tasted delicious and we managed to plate it in an attractive manner.