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Crust:
2 1/2 cup roasted hazelnuts
1/2 cup unsalted butter
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
4 large eggs
2 tablespoons whipping cream
2 1/2 teaspoons Frangelico (or vanilla extract)
Filling:
about 1 1/2 cup blackberries
6 oz. white chocolate, chopped
4 8-oz. packages cream cheese at room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
Garnish:
3 oz. White Chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup blackberries
Crust: Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter 9″ spring-form pan with 2 1/4″ sides. Place hazelnuts in blender or food processor, and chop until coarse crumbs. Melt butter and add to nuts; add sugar and mix well until evenly moistened. Press crumb mixture firmly onto bottom and halfway up sides of prepared pan. Bake 8 minutes; cool on rack.
Filling: Press blackberries and juices through fine strainer into small bowl. Let sit while you prepare rest of filling. Stir white chocolate in small metal bowl set in double boiler over barely simmering water until just melted and smooth; set aside.
Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until smooth and fluffy. Beat in flour, then eggs, 1 at a time. Beat in whipping cream and 2 teaspoons Frangelico. Transfer 2 1/4 cups batter to medium bowl; stir in melted white chocolate. Stir 1/2 cup blackberry juice, plus 2 tablespoons berries and 1/2 teaspoon Frangelico, into remaining batter in large bowl.
Pour blackberry batter into prepared crust; place spring-form pan in large roasting pan and pour enough hot water into roasting pan to come 1 inch up sides of pan. Bake until blackberry filling is softly set in center and beginning to puff at edges, about 50 minutes. Remove roasting pan from oven; let blackberry layer cool 5 minutes to firm slightly.
Starting at edge of pan, spoon white chocolate batter in concentric circles onto blackberry layer. Smooth top. Bake until white chocolate filling is set in center, about 30 minutes. Refrigerate cake uncovered until cold, at least 4 hours. Cut around pan sides with small knife to loosen cheesecake; release sides. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead; cover and refrigerate.)
Garnish: Melt 3 ounces white chocolate and mix with 3 to 4 ripe blackberries. Press mixture between wax paper and freeze; break into chunks and sprinkle over top of cooled cheesecake. Take 12-16 ripe blackberries and put in a small bowl; sprinkle with sugar and swirl to cover berries with sugar. Freeze until ready to use on cake.
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Filling:
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 cup blackberries
1 cup raspberries
2 cups rhubarb, cut into 1/2 -inch pieces
1 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Pastry:
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
2/3 cup shortening
4 tablespoons ice-cold water
half-and-half
sugar
To make the filling, mix sugar and flour. Add to fruits. Refrigerate overnight. Just before adding to pie shell, stir in melted butter and lemon juice.
To make the pastry, mix flour and salt. Add butter and shortening. Mix until texture is like coarse cornmeal. Place 1/3 of the mixture in a separate bowl. Add water and form a paste. Put this back with the rest of the flour mixture and mix in. Form a ball. Let sit at least 20 minutes before rolling out. Divide in half. Roll out bottom crust and place in pie pan.
Pour in filling. Roll out remaining crust and place on top. Crimp edges. Brush lightly with half-and-half. Sprinkle lightly with sugar. Bake at 400°F. for 10 minutes, then turn the temperature down to 350°F. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes until the crust is golden-brown.
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