Recipe

Pecan Crust

• Mix together, press firmly into one 10 inch cake pan                                          
• Bake in a 325 degrees preheated oven for 10 minutes

Brie Cheesecake Filling

• Place small pieces of brie in a large sauce pan. Add cream and heat until cheese melts into cream. Strain through a fine sieve.
• Cool completely.
• In a mixing bowl, whisk the cream cheese with sugars until soften.                                                        
• Add the brie mixture and flour. Mix on speed one until smooth, scrape bowl often.
• Add egg slowly, scrape bowl after every 2 eggs
• Mix until batter is smooth and free of lumps.
• Poor mix in the cake pan
• Bake in a 325 degrees pre-heated oven in Bain Marie for about 60 minutes or until the center is slightly set.
• Chill.
• Unmold the next day.

Maple Cranberry Sauce

• Soak the sun-dried cranberries with Calvados for 30 minutes.
• Heat milk, heavy cream, vanilla bean, and half of the sugar until it boils.
• Remove the vanilla bean and reserve for other uses.
• Combine egg yolks and the rest of sugar, then temper with part of the boiling milk while stirring constantly.
• Pour liaison into the remaining milk and return to the heat.
• Stirring constantly, cook slowly to stage of nappe or 180°F (80°C).
• Remove immediately from stove and strain through a chinois, directly into a bain-marie in an ice bath.
• When cool, place with the cranberry in a blender.
• Blend at medium speed for few seconds
Assembly: Place dots of maple concentrate around the plate for ultimate Maple flavor enhancement.

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