Jose Muldoons Cheese Torte Recipes

RASPBERRY CHEESE TORTE

Steps:

• Place grated cheese in a large bowl and let stand at room temperature until soft and slightly oily.
• Stir in onions,pecans,cayenne,mayonnaise0t and pepper sauce.
• Knead with hands (wash them first!) until well blended.
• Line a 10 inch pan with plastic wrap (an indented flan dish works best but a cake pan or any pan with a flat bottom works well too).
• Press cheese mixture firmly into pan;cover top with additional plastic wrap and press mixture again to mold firmly.
• Refrigerate at least 4 hours, or until cheese is firm again.
• To serve, unmold torte onto onto serving dish, spread top with preserves, garnish with fresh raspberries and serve with assorted crackers.
• The torte can be made ahead, but preserves should not be spread on top more than 1 hour before serving.

APPLE-CREAM CHEESE TORTE

Steps:

• Make crust:
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Wrap outside of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides with foil. Combine all ingredients in large bowl. Using fingertips, mix until moist dough clumps form. Gather dough into ball. Press onto bottom and 3/4 inch up sides of pan. Freeze 10 minutes. Bake until crust is light golden, about 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
• Make filling:
• Beat all ingredients in large bowl until smooth. Pour filling into crust. Smooth top.
• Make topping:
• Combine sugar and cinnamon in large bowl. Add apple slices and toss to coat. Arrange atop filling. Sprinkle with almonds.
• Bake torte until crust is deep golden and apples are tender, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Remove from oven; cool 1 hour. Cover; refrigerate overnight. (Torte can be prepared 3 days ahead. Keep refrigerated.)
• Run small knife around pan sides to loosen torte. Remove pan sides. Place torte on platter. Serve cold.

APPLE BAVARIAN TORTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in flour and vanilla until blended. Press onto the bottom of a greased 9-in. springform pan., In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Pour over crust. In another large bowl, toss apples with cinnamon and remaining sugar. Spoon over cream cheese layer., Bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven setting to 400°; bake 25 minutes. Sprinkle almonds over top; bake 10-15 minutes longer or until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Remove sides of pan before slicing. Store in the refrigerator.

LAYERED CHEESE TORTA

Steps:

• Combine the first 4 ingredients in a bowl. Beat at medium speed with mixer until blended; stir in pecans.
• Line a lightly greased 4-cup fluted mold or a 7 3/8 x 3 5/8-inch loaf pans with plastic wrap, allowing edges to extend over the sides of pan.
• Spread 1/3 of blue cheese mixture into mold and chill 1 hour.
• Combine remaining 3 ounce package of cream cheese and milk, beating well. Add cheddar cheese and next 3 ingredients, mixing well. Spread over chilled blue cheese mixture in mold. Top with remaining 2/3 of blue cheese mixture, spreading.
• Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 8 hours or up to 3 days.
• Unmold onto a serving plate; remove plastic wrap and garnish.
• Serve with ginger snaps or assorted crackers.

ELEGANT CHEESE TORTE

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Remove 3-1/2 cups to a small bowl; stir in pepper and set aside. Fold olives into the remaining cream cheese mixture. Spread evenly over the bottom of a 9-in. springform pan; set aside., In another large bowl, beat cheddar cheese, cider and paprika on low speed for 1 minute. Beat on high until almost smooth. Spread half over olive layer. Top with peppered cheese mixture. Top with remaining cheddar mixture. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate for 6 hours or until firm., Place on serving plate and remove sides of pan. Press pecans into top; garnish with additional olives or grapes if desired. Serve with crackers.

GRANDMA'S CHEESE TORTE CHEESECAKE (UNBAKED)

Steps:

• 1. In small bowl, pour in cold water and sprinkle with Knox gelatin.
• 2. In mixing bowl, beat egg yolks slightly, add sugar, salt and milk. Cook over boiling water until like custard. Add water/gelatin mix into hot mixture and stir till dissolved and cool.
• 3. In another bowl beat softened cream cheese and vanilla. Then add to cooled mixture.
• 4. Finally whip, egg whites till stiff add in whipped cream and fold into mixture.
• 5. Graham cracker crust: Mix crushed graham crackers with 1/3 cup melted butter or margerine. Line bottom of pan with graham cracker mix into a slightly greased 9x13 pan.
• 6. Pour mixture over crust and cover with additional dry graham crackers.
• 7. Refrigerate for 8 hours.