I saw a segment forever ago on Martha with Marcus Samuelsson where he made a Black-Pepper Cheesecake. I was instantly intrigued and have been wanting to try it for some time now.
Lulu seemed to enjoy it, but I have to say that I was underwhelmed. The recipe has you blanch and drain the peppercorns three times, dry them in the oven, and them pound them to a “medium-fine” consistency. I used a mortar and pestle for this, and even though I pounded the hell out of them I think I could have just ground regular old pepper from my pepper mill and would have had better results. I am glad I tried it, but I don’t think I will add this recipe to my arsenal.
Is that…pineapple on top?
cheesecakes are so yummy, i can eat them all day long”: