Lemon Cheesecake Custard with Cherry Compote and Cherry and White Chooclate Shortbreads
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This dessert was inspired by a recipe I saw in Food & Wine magazine, Lemon-Blueberry Cheesecake Parfaits. My kids are not big fans of blueberries and red seemed like a better holiday color, so I substituted dark sweet cherries. I also decided to use the Cranberry & White Chocolate Shortbread recipe from the Joy of Baking with dried cherries instead of cranberries. I considered using cranberries instead of the cherries and think that would also work really well. I especially like the cheesecake custard I can think of a lot of things it would go with and will definitely make it again!
Step One, get the recipes for the cheesecake custard and the shortbread cookies.
Step two: Make the shortbread cookies according to the recipe substituting whatever dried fruit you prefer.
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![white chocolate cherry shortbread](http://simplycooking101.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/white-chocolate-cherry-shortbread.jpg?w=300)
Make the rest of the recipe for the cheesecake custard, again using whatever fruit you choose.
![cheesecakecustardmixing500](http://simplycooking101.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/cheesecakecustardmixing500.jpg?w=300)
![cheesecakecustarddone500](http://simplycooking101.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/cheesecakecustarddone500.jpg?w=300)
It makes a beautiful presentation.
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