{"id":15052,"date":"2018-02-11T18:06:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T23:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=15052"},"modified":"2018-02-11T18:06:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T23:06:11","slug":"try-this-fresh-berry-cheesecake-recipe-for-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/11\/try-this-fresh-berry-cheesecake-recipe-for-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Try this Fresh Berry Cheesecake Recipe for Valentine&#8217;s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15054\" style=\"width: 159px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15054\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15054\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/21118IMG_3875-149x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/21118IMG_3875-149x300.jpg 149w, http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/21118IMG_3875.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day \u00a0Fresh Berry Cheesecake<\/p><\/div>\n<p><i>Try this recipe for Fresh Berry Cheesecake for Valentine&#8217;s Day or any special day of the year. The recipe calls for 1 or 2 Tbsp Ferrari-Carano Eldorado Noir. This special recipe is provided by Ferrari-Carano Vineyards &amp; Winery in Sonoma County&#8217;s Dry Creek Valley.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Fresh Berry Cheesecake<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Serves 8 to 10<\/p>\n<p><b>Ingredients<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Crust<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1 cup brown sugar<br \/>\n2\/3 cup finely chopped walnuts<br \/>\n1-1\/2 cups all-purpose flour<br \/>\n1\/2 cup melted butter<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Filling<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>8 oz light cream cheese<br \/>\n1\/4 cup sugar<br \/>\n1 egg<br \/>\n2 Tbsp half &amp; half<br \/>\n1 Tbsp lemon juice<br \/>\n1 Tbsp vanilla extract<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Topping<\/i><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p>2 cups fresh assorted berries: black, red, raspberries, blueberries, thoroughly chilled (or thawed frozen berries with no added sugar)<br \/>\n1\/2 cup blackberry preserves<br \/>\n1 or 2 Tbsp Ferrari-Carano Eldorado Noir<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Directions for Crust<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. To make crust, combine brown sugar, walnuts, flour and melted butter and mix together until crumbs adhere when they are pinched together. Press into 10-inch tart shell with a removable bottom and bake 12 to 15 minutes in preheated oven at 350\u00b0. Cool.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Directions for Filling<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. For the filling, beat cream cheese and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg, half &amp; half, lemon juice and vanilla and beat well.<\/p>\n<p>2. Pour into crust and bake 20 minutes longer. Cool to room temperature before adding fruit.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Topping<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. In a small saucepan over low heat, thin blackberry preserves to a syrupy glaze with 1 or 2 tablespoons of Ferrari-Carano Eldorado Noir.<\/p>\n<p>2. Pile fruit on top of cheesecake. Spoon preserves over it. Chill.<\/p>\n<p>3. Bring to room temperature before serving. To serve, release sides of pan, transfer to serving platter and cut in wedges.<\/p>\n<p>Recipe provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrari-carano.com\">Ferrari-Carano Vineyards &amp; Winery<\/a><\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Try this Fresh Berry Cheesecake Recipe for Valentine's Day!\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=15052\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Try this special cheesecake recipe for Valentine&#8217;s Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[3931,762,583,590],"class_list":["post-15052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-and-food","tag-cheesecake","tag-dessert","tag-recipe","tag-valentines-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15052"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15055,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15052\/revisions\/15055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}