Flavour of the Month: seven of Toronto’s best cheesecakes
Flavour of the Month: seven of Toronto’s best cheesecakes
Chefs are letting their imaginations run wild with these creative cheesecakes
We’ve all made resolutions, but sometimes keeping healthy means indulging a little. At restaurants across the city, chefs are re-imagining the humble cheesecake. They’re subbing plain cream cheese for tangy goat or manchego, and adding unusual components like beets, preserved pears and pop rocks. Here, seven unconventional takes on the classic dessert.
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- At <strong>Brassaii,</strong> cinnamon and sugar–poached apples offset a luxe slab of goat cheese semi-sweetly flavoured with puréed beets and perched on a dense walnut crust. $10. <em>461 King St. W., 416-598-4730.</em>
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- Becky Ross of <strong>Porzia</strong> cans her own fruit for the winter months. Her al dente preserved pears decorate a smooth ricotta cheesecake scattered with a <br /> nutty sunflower <br /> seed crumble. $7. <br /> <em>1314 Queen St. W., 647-342-5776.</em>
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- Flavour of the Month: seven of Toronto's best cheesecakes
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- At <strong>THR & Co.,</strong> a rich Valrhona chocolate and cream cheese quenelle gets extra crunch from candied hazelnuts and <br /> a salted feuilletine and graham crumble, plus a tart kick from Ontario sour cherries. $9. <em>97 Harbord St., 647-748-7199.</em>
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- At the <strong>County General,</strong> a topping of fizzy sour apple Pop Rocks lends junk-food appeal to a dense, velvety slice swirled with root beer and caramel. $8. <em>936 Queen St. W., 416-531-4447.</em>
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- Flavour of the Month: seven of Toronto's best cheesecakes
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- <strong>Marben</strong> chef Rob Bragagnolo tops his coffee hazelnut crumble with savoury manchego, basil leaves and a berry compote. A drizzle of sherry vinegar gives it an acidic punch. $9. <em>488 Wellington St. W., 416-979-1990.</em>
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- <strong>The Gabardine</strong> chef <br /> Graham Pratt layers a tart dollop of goat and cream cheeses with sweet pear and apple jam, maple-coconut-almond granola and smooth pumpkin purée. $9. <em>372 Bay St., 647-352-3211.</em>
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- Classic Philly cream cheese is flavoured with wormwood at <strong>Richmond Station,</strong> then decorated with black walnut meringue, discs of roasted apple and a graham crumble. $9. <em>1 Richmond St. W., 647-748-1444.</em>
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We’ve all made resolutions, but sometimes keeping healthy means indulging a little. At restaurants across the city, chefs are re-imagining the humble cheesecake. They’re subbing plain cream cheese for tangy goat or manchego, and adding unusual components like beets, preserved pears and pop rocks. Here, seven unconventional takes on the classic dessert.
See all seven cheesecakes »
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