Celebration for 6..... make that 1

In an attempt to show off the amazing foods you can eat on SCD; I offered to make cheesecake for a late birthday get together for a friend.  All was good and well until he had the opportunity to go to a music festival that he'd really been wanting to go to.  Now I have this amazing SCD cheesecake w/ 2 toppings and get to eat it all!  I mean, I'm bummed that I wasn't able to share, but it I guess I'll have to live with getting the whole thing to myself ;)

SCD Cheesecake w/ blueberry topping

SCD Cheesecake w/ cherry topping

For the crust- I prefer to use the cinnamon cookie recipe from Lucy's SCD Cookbook (also found at nomorecrohns.com)

4T real butter, melted

1/3c honey

1tsp cinnamon

1/8tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking soda

2c almond flour

Place butter in a mixing bowl. Add all other ingredients, stirring the flour in last.  Line a pie plate with parchment paper to prevent sticking and spread a thin layer of the mixture into pie plate.  Bake at 275°F for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.  (This may be too much crust, but I use any leftovers to make cookies)

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For the cheesecake- I used the traditional recipe from Breaking the Vicious Cycle.

Cheesecake

The cheesecake filling may be made without a crust.

Filling:
3 eggs
1/3 cup honey
1/2 cup homemade yogurt or homemade cream cheese***
2 cups uncreamed cottage cheese (dry curd cottage cheese)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Place all ingredients in blender or food processor (with a metal blade) putting eggs in first so that the blender blades will turn freely.
Blend until smooth stopping, if necessary, every 15 seconds to push ingredients down, scraping the sides of the container at the same time with a spatula.
Pour into pie pan (I sometimes use a round cake pan) with or without crust.
Bake in oven at 350°F (180°C) for about 30 minutes or until edges are brown. Cool and refrigerate. (Mine usually takes a few minutes longer)

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For the topping- very generic and kind of made up recipe

1lb fresh or frozen fruit of choice (Berries are my go to)

2T honey (or to taste.... I prefer less honey)

2T lemon juice

Place all ingredients in a pot (le creuset cleans up very nicely for this type of job) and cook over medium/high until it begins to boil, stirring on occasion. Once the fruit is soft enough, I use an immersion blender (or potato masher) to break up the fruit.  I'm guessing you could transfer it to a blender, but that's just another thing to clean.  So' I'll stick with the immersion blender.  Then continue to cook, but at a lower temperature, until it has the desired thickness.  Remember to stir on occasion so it doesn't burn to the bottom of your pot.  

Once your fruit mix is finished; transfer to container and allow to cool before covering and refrigerating.  

    

(I know this is an odd and not really complete recipe.  I kind of just wing it on the topping.  Sorry.)

This is also a great pancake topping!