Blue Cheese Cheesecake with Candied Walnut Crust, Serrano-Style Ham Crisp, and Apple–Rum Caramel Sau

Name: Blue Cheese Cheesecake with Candied Walnut Crust, Serrano-Style Ham Crisp, and Apple–Rum Caramel Sau
Total time: 90 min
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups unfiltered apple cider; 1/2 cup dark rum; Juice of 1/2 lemon; 2 tablespoons heavy cream at room temperature; 1/2 cup butter, cut into 8 pieces; 1 egg white; 3/4 teaspoon salt, divided; 1/4 cup powdered sugar; 1/2 cup chopped walnuts; 1/2 cup multigrain bread crumbs; 2 tablespoons butter, melted; 1 1/2 cups cream cheese; 1 cup (about 7 ounces) Taleggio, rind removed; 1 1/4 cups (about 10 ounces) sheep's milk blue cheese, such as Shaker Blue from Old Chatham Sheepherding Company; 3 eggs; 2 tablespoons honey; 8 thin slices Serrano ham; 1 apple, thinly sliced

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Brian Alberg, a committed locavore, makes this sweet-and-salty cheesecake almost entirely with ingredients from the Berkshires. Even the rum is distilled nearby.

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups unfiltered apple cider
1/2 cup dark rum
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 tablespoons heavy cream at room temperature
1/2 cup butter, cut into 8 pieces
1 egg white
3/4 teaspoon salt, divided
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup multigrain bread crumbs
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 1/2 cups cream cheese
1 cup (about 7 ounces) Taleggio, rind removed
1 1/4 cups (about 10 ounces) sheep's milk blue cheese, such as Shaker Blue from Old Chatham Sheepherding Company
3 eggs
2 tablespoons honey
8 thin slices Serrano ham
1 apple, thinly sliced