This month’s You Want Pies With That? Challenge was to make a Literary Pie – of course, this being the choice of Mary the Food Librarian. What else would you expect from the Food Librarian??
For my entry, I tossed around a few ideas, but finally settled on a One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Hazelnut Cheesecake. Huh? Well, it’s just plain nuts, right? But then again, maybe it isn’t…maybe it’s just really good and wants you to enjoy it.
What I did was use Dorie Greenspan’s never fail Tall & Creamy Cheesecake recipe as my starting point. I did mix in ground hazelnuts to the crust (yum), and then poured in the batter. From there, I added straight up Nutella and swirled it around (kind of looks “nesty” I think…well, maybe I am pushing it just a tad here) and popped it in the oven.
Taste? Oh yeah. This is good stuff. The Nutella would make a great base layer as well, in case you didn’t want to swirl it in, just add a nice layer on top of the crust before adding the batter. Then you could top it with ground hazelnuts mixed with dulce de leche, and then pour a rich chocolate ganache over the whole deal….ooooh. Next time.
Now, head over to the YWPWT Headquarters and check out all of the other Literary entries. We’ll be voting tomorrow on our favorites…maybe next month you will play along with us!
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I love it!! I can totally see the nest and I would bump out any birds to eat that nest!
Thank you so much for playing along with my theme this month!! – mary the food librarian
It looks FANTASTIC!!! yum, yum, yum!
My kinda nest!
Tania
Love Big, Bake Often
What a great idea! I wanted to do this one, but I couldn’t think of anything.
Yum! I loved that book – great pie!
You can’t go wrong with Dorie’s recipe!
glory be, what a cake. the texture alone looks phenomenal, and knowing that there are swirls of nutella is simply heart-stopping.
I read One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in high school, such a good book! Your cheesecake looks fabulous! You always have such pretty food!!
Great swirls and it sounds yummy!
As usual, just a beautiful creation!! You take such amazing cookbook ready pictures and make me hungry in the process…
yum, that looks delicious!
Your pie looks great! I love the swirl effect!
Wow, that looks fabulous! Nutella and cheesecake? Sign me up!