CHOCOLATE AND NUTS TRUFFLE BY CHEF RAGHU

Ingredients:

• 150 grams semi-sweet chocolate
• 100 grams butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp honey
• Unsweetened cocoa powder for dusting
• 100 gms dry fruits and nuts
• A baking tray lined with non-stick parchment paper
  

Preparation:

1. Finely chop the chocolate and place in a clean, dry heatproof bowl and set aside.
2. Fill a saucepan 1/4 full of hot water and bring it to a simmer. Fit the bowl snugly into the rim of the saucepan so that the bowl is suspended over the gently simmering water. Make sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water otherwise it will overheat and seize up.
3. Allow the chocolate to gently melt. Once melted, remove the bowl from the saucepan and stir it with a clean, dry spoon until smooth.
4. Stir through the room temperature butter until completely combined. Next add the egg yolk, chopped nuts, fruits and honey and stir until combined.
5. Pour the mixture in round mould.
6. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 1 1/2 hours or until set.

CREAMY ORANGE CHEESECAKE BY CHEF RAGHU

100 gms cracker crumbs
3 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp melted butter
200 ml cream cheese
¼ gms butter
½ gms sugar
¼ gms cornflour
2 eggs
100 ml milk
1½ tsp vanilla
1tsp grated orange rind
½ cup orange juice
1 orange (for garnish)

Combine crumbs, sugar, and butter and put a layer in bake pan mould. Increase oven temperature to 350 degrees and bake it for 20 mts.

Combine softened cream cheese, butter, sugar and flour, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in milk, vanilla and rind and pour over crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Demoulde cake from rim of pan but cool before removing rim of pan.

Combine sugar and cornstarch in saucepan, stir in juice and water. Cook until clear and thickened, stirring occasionally. Cool it and spoon over cheesecake chill it for an hour and garnish with slice orange.

RECIPE FOR MARBEL CHEESE CAKE BY CHEF RAGHU

Cream cheese 500 gr
Sugar 150 gr
Whole eggs 2 pcs
Flour 20 gr
Corn flour 15 gr
Lemon juice 1 lemon
Double cream 150 gr
Ganach as much as you like
(Dilute ganache to make marble)

• Beat cream cheese ans sugar for 7 mts add in whole eggs, one at a time.
• Then add in the flour,corn flour and lemon juice, lastly the double cream.
• Divide the mixture into 4 round
• Add in 2 tsp of dilute ganache and make drawing on top of the mixture
  
• Bake at 160 c for 45 minutes to 1 hour.